Jürgen Kretschmer

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Jürgen Kretschmer (born December 4, 1947 in Zeitz ) is a former German canoeist who competed in the canoe slalom for the German Democratic Republic .

Kretschmer started for the SC DHfK Leipzig , together with Klaus Trummer he was GDR champion in the two-man canoe in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1973 , in 1974 and 1975 the two were runner-up. At the 1971 World Championships in Meran, Trummer / Kretschmer won ahead of Rolf-Dieter Amend and Walter Hofmann and the third GDR boat with Uwe Franz and Ulrich Opelt; the GDR drivers also won the team world championship.

At the 1972 Olympic Games , Olympic canoe slalom competitions were held for the first time. On the Augsburg ice canal, Amend and Hofmann won ahead of Hans-Otto Schumacher and Wilhelm Baues from the Federal Republic of Germany and the French brothers Olry, Trummer and Kretschmer took fourth place.

In 1973 Trummer / Kretschmer took second place at the World Championships in Muotathal behind Jiri Krejza and Jaroslav Pollert from Czechoslovakia; the team competition won the West German canoeists in front of Czechoslovakia, the team from the GDR received the bronze medal. Two years later, at the World Championships in Skopje, Trummer and Kretschmer won the world title, as in 1971 they won the individual and team competitions.

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SURNAME Kretschmer, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeists
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1947
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