Peter Hempel Explained

Peter Hempel (born 30 April 1959) is an East German canoe sprinter.

Sports career

Hempel competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-4 500 m: 1983, 1985; K-4 1000 m: 1981), three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1982, K-4 1000 m: 1982, 1983), and three bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1978, 1979; K-4 1000 m: 1985).

Hempel also finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

References

• Web site: Kamber . Raymond . Raymond Kamber . 2008 . Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) . CanoeICF.com . . 1–83 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf . 18 May 2018.