Renate Breuer

Renate Breuer (born December 1, 1939 in Berlin ) is a former German canoeist who won Olympic silver in 1968 and became world champion in 1970.

successes

• Silver in 1969 and bronze in 1965 at the European Championships in a single kayak, bronze in 1967 in a two-person kayak with Roswitha Esser , silver in 1967 (with Roswitha Esser, Elke Felten and Sigrid Ritter) and 1969 (with Annemarie Zimmermann , Roswitha Esser and Elke Felten), and bronze in 1965 ( with Elke Felten, Irene Rozema and Roswitha Esser) all in a four-kayak. All distances over 500 m.
• German champion in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972 in a single kayak over 500 m
• German champion 1967 in a two-person kayak over 500 m with Roswitha Esser
• Silver medalist at the 1968 Olympic Games in a single kayak over 500 m (time: 2: 12.71)
• Olympic fifth at the 1972 Olympic Games in a two-person kayak with Roswitha Esser
• 1970 world champion in two-person kayaking with Roswitha Esser
• Silver at the world championships in the four-kayak in 1966 with Sigrid Kummer , Roswitha Esser and Irene Rozema , and in 1971 with Roswitha Esser, Irene Pepinghege and Heiderose Wallbaum

• Renate Breuer's home club is the Charlottenburg Canoe Club. Her husband Hartmut Breuer is an exercise bike.

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Munich, Kiel 1972 . Frankfurt am Main 1972