Karl Heinz Englet
Karl Heinz Englet (born in Munich in 1939 ) is a German canoeist.
Career
Karl Heinz Englet was born in Munich in 1939. Because his parents moved to Augsburg in 1945. he grew up in the city on the Lech. As a teenager, he was a member of the Kanu Schwaben Augsburg eV sports club and practiced canoeing intensively for 66 years. His specialties were both single kayaking in slalom and white water descent.
Sporting successes
He has been German champion several times, both in the individual slalom and in the white water run. He succeeded - which no canoeist had ever achieved before - the (unofficial) win of the Grand Slam in canoeing by winning all 4 possible titles in the single kayak: He won both the single slalom, the team single and the single in the single and in the team in white water downhill skiing.
With these services at national level, it was inevitable that he was also used internationally. He was once vice world champion and twice team world champion in white water downhill skiing. At the 1972 Olympics, he lit the Olympic flame in the ice channel in Augsburg on August 28, 1972.
Awards
- 1963 Golden signet ring of the city of Augsburg
- 1969 Silver bay leaf
Karl Heinz Englet wrote a book about his life, Der Mann des Feuers , which was published by Contex-Verlag in Augsburg in 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Augsburger Allgemeine from October 1, 2016
- ↑ a b StadtZeitung Augsburg, 2016: A canoe legend - Karl Heinz Englet - has said goodbye ...
- ^ Augsburger Allgemeine from October 1, 2016
- ↑ Sports report of the federal government to the Bundestag of September 29, 1973 - printed matter 7/1040 - page 62
- ↑ publisher's announcement
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Englet, Karl Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |