Dieter Krause

{{Short description|German sprint canoeist (1936–2020)}}

{{for|the German Olympic hockey player|Dieter Krause (field hockey)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name =

| image = Dieter Krause.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|1|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brandenburg an der Havel
{{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|10|1936|1|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Bad Saarow
{{GER}}

| height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Canoe sprint

| club = SC DHfK Leipzig

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{flagdeco|Germany|EUA}} All-German Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1960 Rome|K-1 4×500 m}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1963 Jajce|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1963 Jajce|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1958 Prague|K-1 500 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1963 Jajce|K-1 4×500 m}}

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Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/leipziger-kanu-olympiasieger-dieter-krause-gestorben/|title=Leipziger Kanu-Olympiasieger Dieter Krause gestorben|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824050326/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/leipziger-kanu-olympiasieger-dieter-krause-gestorben/|url-status=dead}} 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).[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=CAN "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920105429/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=CAN |date=20 September 2010 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)

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).[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222107/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/dieter-krause-1.html Dieter Krause] sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008) He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser".[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13681708.html Waren doch alle bei der Stasi], Der Spiegel, 23. November 1992