Willi Horn (January 17, 1909 – May 31, 1989) was a German

sprint canoeist 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 ...

, born in

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, who competed in the late 1930s. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, he won a silver medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event.

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* * 1909 births 1989 deaths Canoeists from Berlin Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub