Michael Senft (born 28 September 1972 in

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...

) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three

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, he won a bronze medal in the C2 event in

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. Senft also won six medals at the

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with a gold (C2:

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), three silvers (C2:

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, C2 team:

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) and two bronzes (C2 team:

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, 1997). He earned three more medals at the

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(1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze). His partner in the boat for most of his career was

André Ehrenberg André Ehrenberg (born 2 January 1972 in Braunschweig) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2003. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C2 event in Atlanta in 1996. Ehrenberg ...

. From 2004 he paddled with

Christian Bahmann Christian Bahmann (born 22 July 1981 in Plauen) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2008. He won a gold in the C2 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith. He also won a sil ...

World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

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* 1972 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships People from Bad Kreuznach Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub