Stefan Pfannmöller (born 4 December 1980, in

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) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1997 to 2007. Competing in two

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, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in

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. Pfannmöller also won five medals at the

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with a gold (C1 team:

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), three silvers (C1 team:

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), and a bronze (C1:

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). He is the overall

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champion in the C1 class from

. At the

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he won a total of six medals (2 golds and 4 silvers).

World Cup individual podiums

¹ European Championship counting for World Cup points

References

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