Andreas Stähle (born 14 February 1965) is an
East German
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sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won two medals at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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with a silver in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.
Stähle also won seven medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...
with three golds (K-1 500 m:
1985
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Events January
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** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
, K-4 500 m:
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
,
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
), three silvers (K-1 500 m:
1987
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, K-4 500 m:
1990
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, K-4 1000 m: 1983), and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 1983).
References
DatabaseOlympics.com profile*
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1965 births
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
East German male canoeists
German male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for East Germany
Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics