Friedhelm Wentzke

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Olympic medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Gold	1960 Rome	K-1 4 × 500 m
Silver	1964 Tokyo	K-4 1000 m

Friedhelm Wentzke (born September 13, 1935 in Castrop-Rauxel, Province of Westphalia) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with a gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m (1960) and a silver in the K-4 1000 m (1964).

References

Sport-reference.com profile

v t e Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events

K-1 10000 metres	1936: Ernst Krebs (GER) 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)

K-2 10000 metres	1936: Germany (Paul Wevers and Ludwig Landen) 1948: Sweden (Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström) 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen) 1956: Hungary (János Urányi and László Fábián)

K-1 10000 metres folding	1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)

K-2 10000 metres folding	1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)

K-1 4x500 metre relay	1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)

Persondata
Name	Wentzke, Friedhelm
Alternative names
Short description	Canoe racer
Date of birth	September 13, 1935
Place of birth	Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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