Werner Zimmermann (canoeist)
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Born | 19 May 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1990 (aged 74–75)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Kayaking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Folding kayak | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Werner Zimmermann (19 May 1915 – 1990) was a Swiss slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s. As a slalom canoeist, he won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (folding K-1 team: 1949) and two bronzes (folding K-1: 1949, folding K-1 team: 1951). As a sprint canoeist, he competed in two Summer Olympics. At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he finished sixth in the K-2 10000 m event. Twelve years later, he finished 11th in the K-2 10000 m event.
References
- ^ Trutmann, Hans Peter (2010). Neujahrs-Blatt von Dietikon (PDF) (in German). Dietikon: Verkehrsverein Dietikon. p. 80.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)
External links
- Werner Zimmermann at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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