Friedhelm Wentzke

Olympic medal record
Men's canoe sprint
	1960 Rome	K-1 4 × 500 m
	1964 Tokyo	K-4 1000 m

Friedhelm Wentzke (born September 13, 1935 in Castrop-Rauxel, Province of Westphalia) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with a gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m (1960) and a silver in the K-4 1000 m (1964).

References

Sport-reference.com profile

Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events

K-1 10000 metres	1936: Ernst Krebs (GER) 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)

K-2 10000 metres	1936: Germany (Paul Wevers and Ludwig Landen) 1948: Sweden (Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström) 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen) 1956: Hungary (János Urányi and László Fábián)

K-1 10000 metres folding	1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)

K-2 10000 metres folding	1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)

K-1 4x500 metre relay	1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)

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