Olaf Heukrodt

Olaf Heukrodt (born 23 January 1962 in Magdeburg) is an East German-German canoer who from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

Olaf Heukrodt

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1988 SeoulC-1 500 m
1980 MoscowC-2 1000 m
1988 SeoulC-2 1000 m
1980 MoscowC-1 500 m
1992 BarcelonaC-1 500 m
World Championships
1981 NottinghamC-1 500 m
1982 BelgradeC-1 500 m
1985 MechelenC-1 500 m
1985 MechelenC-2 1000 m
1986 MontrealC-1 500 m
1987 DuisburgC-1 500 m
1987 DuisburgC-1 1000 m
1981 NottinghamC-2 1000 m
1983 TampereC-2 1000 m
1989 PlovdivC-1 500 m
1991 ParisC-4 1000 m
1982 BelgradeC-2 1000 m
1991 ParisC-1 500 m

Competing in three Summer Olympics, Heukrodt won five medals with one gold (C-1 500 m: 1988), two silvers (C-2 1000 m: 1980, C-2 1000 m: 1988), and two bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1980, 1992).

Heukrodt also won 13 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (C-1 500 m: 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987; C-1 1000 m: 1987, C-2 1000 m: 1985), four silvers (C-1 500 m: 1989, C-2 1000 m: 1981, 1983; C-4 1000 m: 1991), and two bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1991, C-2 1000 m: 1982). In October 1986, he was awarded a Star of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for his sporting success.[1]

Heukrodt was married to swimmer Birgit Meineke.

References
  1. "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen" [Awarded high state awards]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 42 (243). 15 October 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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