Dieter Krause

Dieter Krause

Personal information
Born	18 January 1936 (age 80) Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	canoe sprint
Club	SC DHfK, Leipzig
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1960 Rome K-1 4×500 m World Championships 1958 Prague K-1 500 m Representing  East Germany World Championships 1963 Jajce K-4 1000 m 1963 Jajce K-2 1000 m 1963 Jajce K-1 4×500 m

Dieter Krause (born 18 January 1936) is a German sprint canoer 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).^[1]

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).^[2]

References

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

External links

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.