Olaf Winter
Encyclopedia
Olaf Winter is a German
sprint canoer
who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996
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Winter also won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
in Milan
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He represented the sports clubs WSV Einheit Neustrelitz, SC Neubrandenburg and KG Essen. He lives in Hattingen
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
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who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
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Winter also won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Milan, Italy at the Idroscalo.The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all kayak....
in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
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He represented the sports clubs WSV Einheit Neustrelitz, SC Neubrandenburg and KG Essen. He lives in Hattingen
Hattingen
Hattingen is a German town located in northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Hattingen is located on the south bank of the River Ruhr in the south of the Ruhr region. The town was first mentioned in 1396, when the Duke of Mark granted permission to build...
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