Sebastian Brendel

Sebastian Brendel

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany[1]
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	KC Potsdam
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 10 5 3 European Championships 5 1 0 European Games 1 0 0 Total 19 6 3 Olympic Games 2012 London C-1 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-1 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 1000 m World Championships 2013 Duisburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 1000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 5000 m 2015 Milan C–1 1000 m 2015 Milan C–1 5000 m 2017 Račice C-1 1000 m 2017 Račice C-1 5000 m 2017 Račice C-4 1000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 1000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2007 Duisburg C-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg C-1 1000 m 2013 Duisburg C–1 4x200 m 2014 Moscow C-1 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 500 m 2009 Dartmouth C-1 1000 m 2010 Poznań C-1 1000 m 2011 Szeged C-1 4x200 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade C-1 1000 m 2012 Zagreb C-1 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 500 m European Games 2015 Baku C-1 1000 m

Sebastian Brendel (born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007.^[1] Brendel is the reigning Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.

Career

He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 2007) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010). He is the current world record holder in the C-1 1000m as of the 2014 ICF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

Brendel won a Gold Medal at the 2012 London Olympics in canoeing's C-1 1,000 metres event for his country.^[2] At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he defended successfully this title ^[3] and added another one, at the C-2 1000 metres, together with Jan Vandrey. Germany won the gold medal in this category also in London, but with Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela.

References

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External links

• Sebastian Brendel at the International Canoe Federation
• Sebastian Brendel at the International Olympic Committee
• Canoe09.ca profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 21 January 2009). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
• Official website (in German)