Wilfried Soltau (17 June 1912 – 27 September 1995) was a
West German 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 1950s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, he won two bronze medals at
London in
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
, earning them in the C-2 1000 m and C-2 10000 m events.
References
Wilfried Soltau's profile at Sports Reference.com
1912 births
1995 deaths
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
German male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of the United Team of Germany
Olympic canoeists of West Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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