Claudia Bär

Claudia Bär (9 April 1980 – 28 September 2015)[1] was a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1995 to 2013.

Claudia Bär

Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Germany
World Championships
	2003 Augsburg	K1 team
	2013 Prague	K1 team
	2006 Prague	K1 team
	2009 La Seu d'Urgell	K1 team
	2011 Bratislava	K1 team
European Championships
	2008 Kraków	K1 team
	2011 La Seu d'Urgell	K1
	2005 Tacen	K1 team
Junior World Championships
	1998 Lofer	K1
	1998 Lofer	K1 team
Junior European Championships
	1997 Nowy Sącz	K1 team

She won five medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (2003, 2013) and three bronzes (2006, 2009, 2011). She also won two golds and one silver at the European Championships.[2]

Bär was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013 and eventually succumbed to the illness in 2015. She dated slalom canoeist Sideris Tasiadis until her death.[3]

References

1. Deininger, Peter (2 October 2015). "Mit den Kräften am Ende: Kanutin Claudia Bär stirbt an Leukämie". augsburger-allgemeine.de (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
2. "Claudia BÄR (GER)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Frühere Kanu-Slalom-Europameisterin Claudia Bär ist tot". Welt.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.

• 12 September 2009 results of the women's K-1 team finals at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 12 September 2009.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-09.