Vitus Husek (later known as Vitus Gesser, born 2 February 1973 in

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2000. He won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the

1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Nottingham, United Kingdom under the auspices of International Canoe Federation at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre. It was the 24th edition. Nottingham became the first cit ...

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and at the 1996 European Championships in

. Husek also finished 12th in the C1 event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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World Cup individual podiums

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* 1973 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Germany Sportspeople from Augsburg Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub