Björn Goldschmidt (born 3 December 1979 in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at

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. Goldschmidt also won two medals at the

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with a gold (K-4 200 m: 2007) and a silver (K-4 200 m: 2005).

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* * * 1979 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Karlsruhe {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub