Manfred_Merkel

Manfred Merkel

Manfred Merkel

East German canoeist


Manfred Merkel (born 3 November 1938) is a retired slalom canoeist who competed for East Germany.

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Merkel was born in 1938 in Meuselwitz.[1] He competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He won seven gold medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (C-2: 1961, 1963, 1965; C-2 team: 1961, 1963, 1967; Mixed C-2: 1959).

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References

  1. Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 384f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.



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