Abelardo Andrés Sztrum (born February 6, 1974) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, he was in semifinals of both the K-1 1000 m and the K-2 1000 m events. Four years later in

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, Sztrum was in the K-2 1000 m event. Sztrum was the first Argentina's gold medalist in Pan American Games ( Mar del Plata, 1995), the first World Cup Medalist ( Poznan, 1997) the first Senior Finalist in World Championships ( Dathmouth, 1997).

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* 1974 births Living people Argentine male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Argentina Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Canoeists at the 1995 Pan American Games Argentine people of German descent Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine people {{Argentina-canoe-bio-stub