Jan Benzien

Medal record

Jan Benzien
Men's canoe slalom
World Championships
Gold 2006 Prague C-1 team
Silver 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice C-1
Silver 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice C-1 team
Silver 2005 Penrith C-1 team
Silver 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C-1 team
Silver 2010 Tacen C-1 team
Silver 2011 Bratislava C-1 team
Bronze 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-1

Jan Benzien (born July 22, 1982 in Giessen) is a German slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C-1 team: 2006) six silvers (C-1: 2002, C-1 team: 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011), and a bronze (C-1: 2009).

Benzien competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the C-1 event he finished second in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Benzien finished twelfth, failing to reach the top eight and the final round.

He resides in Leipzig.

References

1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon, Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud) · 1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič, Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka) · 1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek, Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský) · 1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek, Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš) · 1957: West Germany (Günther Beck, Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf) · 1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš, Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek) · 1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora, Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal) · 1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak, Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert) · 1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka, Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal) · 1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller, Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka) · 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters, Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder) · 1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler, Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster) · 1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil, Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka) · 1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka, Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák) · 1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben, Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner) · 1979: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Bob Robison) · 1981: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Ron Lugbill) · 1983: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Kent Ford) · 1985: United States (David Hearn, Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford) · 1987: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Bruce Lessels) · 1989: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Jed Prentice) · 1991: United States (Adam Clawson, Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice) · 1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar, Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar) · 1995: Germany (Vitus Husek, Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang) · 1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko) · 1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt, Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek) · 2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk, Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek) · 2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán) · 2005: France (Olivier Lalliet, Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet) · 2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller, Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien) · 2007: France (Tony Estanguet, Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier) · 2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš) · 2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš) · 2011: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš)