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| Born | (1936-01-18)18 January 1936 Brandenburg an der Havel  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 84) Bad Saarow  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC DHfK Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4×500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke).
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 4×500 m: 1963). He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser".
References
- "Leipziger Kanu-Olympiasieger Dieter Krause gestorben". Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing" Archived 20 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
- Dieter Krause sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
- Waren doch alle bei der Stasi, Der Spiegel, 23. November 1992
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
External links
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| K-1 10000 metres folding |
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| K-1 4x500 metre relay |
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| World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint K-4 1000 m | |
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- 1936 births
- 2020 deaths
- Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- German male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Brandenburg an der Havel
- Stasi informants
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German canoeing Olympic medalist stubs