Sebastian Brendel

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Sebastian Brendel

| image = Sebastian Brendel.jpg

| caption = Brendel in 2011

| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|3|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Schwedt, East Germany{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Sebastian Brendel |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/sebastian-brendel-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221742/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/sebastian-brendel-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=21 July 2015}}

| height = 192 cm

| weight = 92 kg

| country = Germany

| sport = Canoe sprint

| club = KC Potsdam

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

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{{MedalCount|total=yes

|Olympic Games|3|0|1

|World Championships|13|8|5

|European Championships|14|5|1

|European Games|1|0|1

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Sebastian Brendel ({{IPA|de|zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈbʁɛndl̩|pron|De-Sebastian Brendel.ogg}}; born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.

Career

He has 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, Russia.

Brendel won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in canoeing's C-1 1,000 metres event for his country.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Germanys-Sebastian-Brendel-wins-canoe-1000m-sprint/articleshow/15403057.cms|title= Germany's Sebastian Brendel wins canoe 1000m sprint

| access-date = 8 August 2012}} At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he defended this title successfully {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36689789|title=Rio Olympics 2016: German Sebastian Brendel retains canoe 1,000m title|access-date=16 August 2016}} and added another one, at the C-2 1000 metres, together with Jan Vandrey. Germany won the gold medal in this category also in London, but with Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela.

He also competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won Bronze in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event.{{cite web|title=Double Canoe – 1000m Men – Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSP/OG2020-_CSP_C92B_CSPMC2-1000M----------------------.pdf|website=olympics.com|publisher=TOCOG|date=3 August 2021|access-date=3 August 2021|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803062608/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSP/OG2020-_CSP_C92B_CSPMC2-1000M----------------------.pdf|url-status=dead}}

References

{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=5 January 2010 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf |date2=13 January 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
{{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 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
{{Cite web |editor-last=Kamber |editor-first=Raymond |editor-link=Raymond Kamber |date=2008 |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |title=Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) |website=CanoeICF.com |publisher=International Canoe Federation |pages=1–83 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2018}}