Siegbert Horn
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name= Siegbert Horn
| nickname=
| image=Siegbert Horn 1972.jpg
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| caption=Siegbert Horn in 1972
| birth_date= {{birth date|1950|5|11|df=y}}
| birth_place=Hartmannsdorf, East Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|8|9|1950|5|11|df=y}}
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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport=Slalom canoeing
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| club= ASK Vorwärts Leipzig
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalCountry| {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1972 Munich|K-1}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1971 Meran|K-1}}
{{MedalGold|1973 Muotathal|K-1 team}}
{{MedalGold|1975 Skopje|K-1}}
{{MedalSilver|1971 Meran|K-1 team}}
{{MedalSilver|1973 Muotathal|K-1}}
{{MedalBronze|1975 Skopje|K-1 team}}
}}
Siegbert Horn (11 May 1950 – 9 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Siegbert Horn |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/siegbert-horn-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/siegbert-horn-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 24 November 2018 }}
Horn also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K-1: 1971, 1975; K-1 team: 1973), two silvers (K-1: 1973; K-1 team: 1971), and a bronze (K-1 team: 1975). He died of cancer on 9 August 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/mutprobe-auf-kanal-kopie-3467539.html|title=Mutprobe auf Kanal-Kopie|date=15 August 2016|website=sz-online|language=de-DE|access-date=17 August 2016}}
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External links
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826224215/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HORNSIE01 |date=26 August 2007 |title=Profile at databaseOlympics.com}}
- {{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=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
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Category:People from Elbe-Elster
Category:German male canoeists
Category:Canoeists from Brandenburg
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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