Sebastian Brendel

Sebastian Brendel

Personal information
Born	12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) (age 36) Schwedt, East Germany
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London C-1 1000 m World Championships 2013 Duisburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 1000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 5000 m 2015 Milan C–1 1000 m 2015 Milan C–1 5000 m 2007 Duisburg C-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg C-1 1000 m 2013 Duisburg 4 x C–1 200 m 2014 Moscow C-1 500 m 2009 Dartmouth C-1 1000 m 2010 Poznań C-1 1000 m 2011 Szeged C-1 4 x 200 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade C-1 1000 m 2012 Zagreb C-1 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 500 m European Games 2015 Baku C-1 1000 m

Sebastian Brendel (born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the reigning Olympic champion at C-1000m. He has also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 2007) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010). He is the current world record holder in the C-1 1000m as of the 2014 ICF World Championships in Moscow RUS.

Brendel won a Gold Medal at the 2012 London Olympics in canoeing's C-1 1,000 metres event for his country

External links

• Canoe09.ca profile
• 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.
• Official website (German)