Hanneliese Spitz (born 24 November 1941) is an
Austrian
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the mid-1960s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at the
1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian
...
in
Jajce
Jajce (Јајце) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 7,172 inhabitants, with ...
.
Spitz also finished sixth in the
K-1 500 m event at the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
in
Tokyo.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1941 births
Austrian female canoeists
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Austria
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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