David Schröder (also spelled Schroeder, born 28 April 1985 in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000. He won two medals in the C2 team event at the

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with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. He also won 8 medals at the

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(4 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes). At the

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he competed in the C2 event. He did not advance to the semifinals after finishing 11th in the qualifying round. His partner from 2005 to 2013 was

Frank Henze Frank Henze (born 1 April 1977 in Leipzig) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1995 to 2013. He won three medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (2002, 2009) ...

. Since 2014 he has been paddling with

Nico Bettge Nico Bettge (born 15 May 1980) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed in C1 since the 1997. Since 2014 he has also competed in C2 together with David Schröder. Bettge won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a g ...

World Cup individual podiums

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* * German male canoeists Living people 1985 births Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Germany Sportspeople from Leipzig Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 21st-century German people {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub