Olaf Winter

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Olaf Winter
Medal record

Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Bronze	1999 Milan	K-2 1000 m

Olaf Winter (born 18 July 1973 in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

Winter also won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan.

He represented the sports clubs WSV Einheit Neustrelitz, SC Neubrandenburg and KG Essen. He lives in Hattingen.

References

Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-4 1000 m

1964: Soviet Union
1968: Norway
1972: Soviet Union
1976: Soviet Union
1980: East Germany
1984: New Zealand
1988: Hungary
1992: Germany
1996: Germany
2000 – 2004: Hungary
2008: Belarus
2012: Australia
- Tate Smith
- Dave Smith
- Murray Stewart
- Jacob Clear

Persondata
Name	Winter, Olaf
Alternative names
Short description	German canoeist
Date of birth	18 July 1973
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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