Conny Waßmuth (also spelled Wassmuth; born 4 April 1983 in Halle an der Saale) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the

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. Waßmuth also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 4 x 200 m:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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; K-4 200 m:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, 2009; K-4 500 m:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, 2007) and two silvers (K-4 200 m and K-4 500 m: both

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

). In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Verena Hantl, Franziska Weber, and Tina Dietze. She earned a silver medal. At the

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, she competed in the women's K-1 200 metres event. She was eliminated in the semifinals.

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* * * * * * 1983 births Living people Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics German female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Germany Canoeists at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) Canoeists from Saxony-Anhalt Sportspeople from Bezirk Halle 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub