Bärbel Richter is a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s. She won three medals at the

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non- Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they ...

, with two golds (K-1 team:

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) and a bronze (K-1: 1967).

References

ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
East German female canoeists Possibly living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub