Rolf-Dieter Amend
{{Short description|German slalom canoeist (1949–2022)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1972 Munich|C-2}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1971 Meran|C-2 team}}
{{MedalGold|1975 Skopje|C-2 team}}
{{MedalSilver|1971 Meran|C-2}}
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Rolf-Dieter Amend (21 March 1949 – 4 January 2022) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Amend was born in Magdeburg. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C-2 team: 1971, 1975) and a silver (C-2: 1971). He died on 4 January 2022, at the age of 72.{{cite news |title=Rolf-Dieter Amend verstorben |url=https://www.kanu.de/Rolf-Dieter-Amend-verstorben--81026.html |access-date=8 January 2022 |publisher=Deutscher Kanu-Verband |date=7 January 2022|lang=de}}
References
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- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf |date2=11 March 2016}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/rolf-dieter-amend-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202203958/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/rolf-dieter-amend-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-02}}
External links
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|rolf-dieter-amend}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions C-2 Slalom}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Slalom C-2 Team Men}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Magdeburg
Category:German male canoeists
Category:Canoeists from Saxony-Anhalt
Category:Olympic canoeists for East Germany
Category:East German male canoeists
Category:Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
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