Jochen Schneider (September 19, 1942 – January 6, 2020) was a
West German
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won two medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...
a silver (K-4 10000 m:
1970
Events
January
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) and a bronze (K-1 10000 m:
1971). Schneider also competed in the
K-4 1000 m event at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
Mexico City
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, but was eliminated in the semifinal round. He was born in
Stuttgart.
References
Further reading
Jochen Schneider's profile at Sports Reference.com
1942 births
2020 deaths
Sportspeople from Stuttgart
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
German male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for West Germany
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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