Ingo Spelly (born 6 November 1966 in Lübben,

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sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two

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, he won three medals with one gold (C-2 1000 m:

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) and two silvers (C-2 500 m: 1992, C-2 1000 m:

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). Spelly also won seven medals at the

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with two golds (C-2 1000 m:

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), two silvers (C-2 500 m: 1990, C-4 1000 m: 1991), and three bronzes (C-2 500 m:

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, C-2 1000 m: 1987, 1993).

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