Kay Bluhm (born 13 October 1968 in

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sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three golds (K-2 500 m: 1992, 1996; K-2 1000 m: 1992), one silver (K-2 1000 m: 1996), and one bronze (K-4 1000 m:

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). Bluhm also won fourteen medals at the

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with seven golds (K-2 500 m:

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; K-2 1000 m: 1989,

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, 1993), four silvers (K-1 500 m: 1989, K-2 500 m: 1991, K-2 1000 m:

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, K-2 10000 m: 1991), and three bronzes (K-2 200 m: 1994, K-2 500 m: 1990, K-4 1000 m: 1990).

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* * 1968 births Living people German male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Olympic canoeists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub