Angelika Bahmann

Angelika Bahmann (r.) At the reception for Olympic fighters in the Dynamo Sports Hall in 1972

Angelika Bahmann (born April 1, 1952 in Plauen ) is a former German canoeist and current trainer . She was an Olympic champion and world champion in canoeing slalom .

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , she won the gold medal in the women's single kayak for the GDR , making her the first female Olympic champion in this discipline. In the course of her career she won three titles at world championships: in 1971 in Merano in individual and team competitions and in 1977 in Spittal in individual. In addition, she won silver at the World Championships with the team in 1975 and 1977, and bronze in the individual in 1975. Angelika Bahmann started for the SC DHfK Leipzig , won four times at the GDR championships in individual (1970 to 1972, 1976), as well as several times with the team.

Angelika Bahmann is the mother of Christian Bahmann (* 1981), who became world champion in canoe slalom two-man Canadians (C2) in 2005 . Today she works as a physiotherapist in Plauen and in the summer of 2008 she looked after the Chinese canoe slalom team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing as a technical trainer.

Awards (selection)

• 1971 - Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
• 1972 - Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver

literature

• Olaf W. Reimann:  Bahmann, Angelika . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Angelika Bahmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• International results