Peter Hempel

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.

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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:German male canoeists

Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak

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Category:East German male canoeists

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