Frank Henze (born 1 April 1977 in

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) 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

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with two silvers (

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) and a bronze (

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). He won six more medals at the

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in the same event (3 golds, 1 silver and 2 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 in the boat between 1998 and 2002 was Kai Walter. From 2005 to 2013 he competed internationally with David Schröder. His father

Jürgen Henze Jürgen Henze (born 23 June 1950 in Schkopau) is a former East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C2 team event at the 1975 in Skopje. Henze also finished 18th in the C2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympi ...

was a world champion the C2 team event and his younger brother Stefan Henze was a silver medalist from the C2 event at the

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World Cup individual podiums

References

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12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
- accessed 12 September 2009.

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* * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Leipzig People from Bezirk Leipzig German male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub