Arnd Goldschmidt (born 9 June 1981 in

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), is a German flatwater canoer and former world champion. A junior world champion in 1999 with Germany's K-4 1000 m crew, Goldschmidt was called up to the senior K-4 200 m boat which reached the

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final in

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, in 2002. However, he had to wait until the 2004 retirement of Olympic medalists Stefan Ulm and

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to get his chance in Germany's ''flagship'' K-4 1000 m crew. His patience was rewarded with a gold medal at the

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. In

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, a surprising failure in the German test event meant he was unable to defend his world title. His elder brother

Björn Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

is also a German international. Both are members of the Rheinbrüder Karlsruhe club.

References

* * 1981 births German male canoeists Living people Sportspeople from Karlsruhe ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub