Günter Brümmer

Günter Brümmer (born February 15, 1933 ; † January 1, 2020 ) was a German canoeist and canoe trainer.

Career

In February 1953 Brümmer founded the Canoe Sport Harburg association with 17 sports fans . Two years later he drove home the first German championship in canoe slalom (C2) with Heinz Gödel . Together with Gödel and later with Hermann Roock , he won eight German championship titles by 1963. At the Canoe World Championships in Spittal in 1963, he was runner-up in the C2 canoe slalom with the German team and won the bronze medal in the two-man canoe in the white water team competition.

For this he was awarded the silver bay leaf on May 10, 1968.

In 1964 he ended his career as a competitive athlete and began studying at the Sport University in Cologne . In 1969 he was appointed national trainer by the German Canoe Association (DKV). During this activity, he promoted many young athletes and led canoeists like Thomas Schmidt , André Ehrenberg and Michael Senft to medal successes at the Olympic Games.

After his retirement he worked as a trainer at Wuhan University (China) and was an honorary trainer for DKV.

German championships

• 1955: Two-man canoe , canoe slalom (with Heinz Gödel)
• 1956: Two-man canoe, canoe slalom (with Heinz Gödel)
• 1960: Canadians for two, whitewater (with Hermann Roock)
• 1961: Canoe for two, whitewater (with Hermann Roock)
• 1962: two-man canoe, canoe slalom (with Hermann Roock)
• 1962: Canoe for two, whitewater (with Hermann Roock)
• 1963: two-man canoe, canoe slalom (with Hermann Roock)
• 1963: Canoe for two, whitewater (with Hermann Roock)

Honors

• 2011: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

• Federal Cross of Merit for Günter Brümmer at Kanusport Harburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.kanu.de/Deutsher-Kanu-Verband-trauert-um-Guenter-Bruemmer-74240.html
2. ↑ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 62.