Harald Gimpel
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Harald Gimpel (born 6 September 1951 in
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) is a former
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slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won the bronze medal in the K-1 event at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
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. Gimpel also won two bronze medals at the
1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Skopje, Yugoslavia (in present-day North Macedonia) under the auspices of International Canoe Federation The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all nat ...
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in the K-1 event and the K-1 team event.


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* 1951 births Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub