Peter Hempel

Peter Hempel

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
	1981 Nottingham	K-4 1000 m
	1983 Tampere	K-4 500 m
	1985 Mechelen	K-4 500 m
	1982 Belgrade	K-1 500 m
	1982 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
	1983 Tampere	K-4 1000 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-1 500 m
	1979 Duisburg	K-1 500 m
	1985 Mechelen	K-4 1000 m

Peter Hempel (born 30 April 1959) is an East German sprint canoer.

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

• 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.
• Sport-reference.com profile