Andreas Stähle (born 14 February 1965) is an

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sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won two medals at the

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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:

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, K-4 500 m:

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), three silvers (K-1 500 m:

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, K-4 500 m:

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, K-4 1000 m: 1983), and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 1983).

References

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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 {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics