Roland Muhlen (August 23, 1940 – February 1, 2023) was an American
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the early to mid-1970s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of sixth in the
C-2 1000 m event at
Munich
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in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.
Muhlen died in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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, on February 1, 2023, at the age of 82.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
External links
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1942 births
2023 deaths
American male canoeists
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for the United States
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