Dieter Krause

Dieter Krause
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 1960 Rome K-1 4 x 500 m
World Championships
Gold 1963 Jajce K-4 1000 m
Silver 1963 Jajce K-2 1000 m
Bronze 1958 Prague K-1 500 m
Bronze 1963 Jajce K-1 4 x 500 m

Dieter Krause (born 18 January 1936 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke).[1][2]

Krause also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1963), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1963), and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1958, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1963).

References

  1. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
  2. ^ Profile: Dieter Krause sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)