Torsten Gutsche (born June 8, 1968 in Eisenhüttenstadt) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three golds (K-2 500 m: 1992, 1996; K-2 1000 m: 1992) and one silver (K-2 1000 m: 1996).
Gutsche also won twenty medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eleven golds (K-2 500 m: 1989, 1993, 1994; K-2 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1998, 1999; K-4 1000 m: 1997, 1998), five silvers (K-2 500 m: 1991, K-2 1000 m: 1995, K-2 10000 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1999), and four bronzes (K-2 200 m: 1994, K-2 500 m: 1990, K-4 200 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1990).
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Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-2 500 m |
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Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-2 1000 m |
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- 1936: Austria (Adolf Kainz, Alfons Dorfner)
- 1948: Sweden (Hans Berglund, Lennart Klingström)
- 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires, Yrjö Hietanen)
- 1956: Germany (Michael Scheuer, Meinrad Miltenberger)
- 1960: Sweden (Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius)
- 1964: Sweden (Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Gunnar Utterberg)
- 1968: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Shaparenko, Volodymyr Morozov)
- 1972: Soviet Union (Nikolai Gorbachev, Viktor Kratasyuk)
- 1976: Soviet Union (Serhei Nahorny, Vladimir Romanovsky)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich, Sergei Chukhray)
- 1984: Canada (Hugh Fisher, Alwyn Morris)
- 1988: United States (Greg Barton, Norman Bellingham)
- 1992: Germany (Kay Bluhm, Torsten Gutsche)
- 1996: Italy (Daniele Scarpa, Antonio Rossi)
- 2000: Italy (Antonio Rossi, Beniamino Bonomi)
- 2004: Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson)
- 2008: Germany (Andreas Ihle, Martin Hollstein)
- 2012: Hungary (Rudolf Dombi, Roland Kökény)
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- 1977: Poland
- 1978: East Germany
- 1979: East Germany
- 1981: Soviet Union
- 1982: Soviet Union
- 1983: East Germany
- 1985: East Germany
- 1986: East Germany
- 1987: Soviet Union
- 1989: Soviet Union
- 1990: Soviet Union
- 1991: Germany
- 1993: Russia
- 1994: Russia
- 1995: Russia
- 1997: Hungary
- 1998: Germany
- 1999: Germany
- 2001: Russia
- 2002: Slovakia
- 2003: Slovakia
- 2005: Belarus
- 2006: Slovakia
- 2007: Slovakia
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- 1938: Germany
- 1948: Sweden
- 1950: Sweden
- 1954: Hungary
- 1958: West Germany
- 1963: East Germany
- 1966: Romania
- 1970: Soviet Union
- 1971: Soviet Union
- 1973: Hungary
- 1974: East Germany
- 1975: Spain
- 1977: Poland
- 1978: East Germany
- 1979: East Germany
- 1981: East Germany
- 1982: Sweden
- 1983: Romania
- 1985: Sweden
- 1986: Hungary
- 1987: Hungary
- 1989: Hungary
- 1990: Hungary
- 1991: Hungary
- 1993: Germany
- 1994: Russia
- 1995: Germany
- 1997: Germany
- 1998: Germany
- 1999: Hungary
- 2001: Germany
- 2002: Slovakia
- 2003: Slovakia
- 2005: Germany
- 2006: Hungary
- 2007: Germany
- 2009: Belarus
- 2010: France
- 2011: Germany
- 2013: Russia
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Persondata |
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Gutsche, Torsten |
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Short description |
Canoe racer |
Date of birth |
June 7
, 1968 |
Place of birth |
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Date of death |
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