Rolf-Dieter Amend
Rolf-Dieter Amend 
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Rolf-Dieter Amend (2007) |
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 German Democratic Republic
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| birthday | March 21, 1949 | ||||||
| place of birth | Magdeburg | ||||||
| job | Canoe trainer | ||||||
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| discipline | Canoe slalom | ||||||
| Boat class | Two-man Canadians | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
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Rolf-Dieter Amend (born March 21, 1949 in Magdeburg ) is a former German canoeist and current canoe trainer .
Career
At the 1972 Olympic Games , Rolf-Dieter Amend was together with Walter Hofmann on the Augsburg ice canoe slalom - Olympic champion in the two-man canoe .
Since completing his studies, he worked as a sports coach in canoe racing . At ASK Vorwärts Potsdam he looked after successful athletes such as the Olympic champions Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche . Since 1991 he has been the national coach for the kayak men and is also responsible for the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Potsdam . The athletes he personally supervises include a. the Olympic champions Mark Zabel , Olaf Winter , Manuela Mucke and the current team athletes Tim Wieskötter and Ronald Rauhe . As a national coach, he has so far participated in nine Olympic victories.
In 2008 he was named Trainer of the Year by the German Olympic Sports Confederation .
Amend is married and has two children. He lives in Neu Fahrland .
Awards (selection)
- 1972: Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
Web links
- Rolf-Dieter Amend in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Message: "Amend is Trainer of the Year" on kanu.de
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| SURNAME | Amend, Rolf-Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeist and canoe trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |