Gunar Kirchbach

German canoeist
Gunar Kirchbach
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City C-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Dartmouth C-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Copenhagen C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Duisburg C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Duisburg C-2 1000 m

Gunar Kirchbach (born 12 October 1971) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-to-late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Andreas Dittmer.

Kirchbach also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-2 1000 m: 1994, 1997) and three bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1993, 1995; C-2 1000 m: 1995).

References

  • Database Olympics.com profile
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gunar Kirchbach". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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Olympic Canoeing Champions in Men's C-2 1000 m
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