Sebastian Brendel

Sebastian Brendel
nation	Germany
birthday	March 12, 1988
place of birth	Schwedt / Oder ,  GDR
size	192 cm
Weight	92 kg
job	Federal policeman
Career
discipline	Canoe racing
Boat class	Canadians (C1)
society	KC Potsdam
Trainer	Ralph Welke
National squad	since A
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × 0 × 0 × European Games medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 10 × 5 × 3 × EM medals 12 × 5 × 3 ×
Olympic games gold 2012 London Canoe single 1000 m gold 2016 Rio de Jainero Canoe single 1000 m gold 2016 Rio de Jainero Canoe two-man 1000 m  European Games gold 2015 Baku Canoe single 1000 m World championships gold 2013 Duisburg Canoe single 5000 m gold 2014 Moscow Canoe single 1000 m gold 2014 Moscow Canoe single 5000 m gold 2015 Milan Canoe single 1000 m gold 2015 Milan Canoe single 5000 m gold 2017 Racice Canoe single 1000 m gold 2017 Racice Canoe single 5000 m gold 2017 Racice Canoe foursome 1000 m gold 2018 Montemor-o-Velho Canoe single 1000 m gold 2018 Montemor-o-Velho Canoe single 5000 m silver 2007 Duisburg Canoe foursome 400 m silver 2013 Duisburg Canadier single relay 200 m silver 2013 Duisburg Canoe single 1000 m silver 2014 Moscow Canoe single 500 m silver 2018 Montemor-o-Velho Canoe single 500 m bronze 2009 Halifax Canoe single 1000 m bronze 2010 Poznan Canoe single 1000 m bronze 2011 Szeged Canadier single relay 200 m European championships gold 2010 Trasona Canoe single 1000 m gold 2011 Belgrade Canoe single 1000 m gold 2011 Belgrade Canoe single 5000 m gold 2012 Zagreb Canoe single 1000 m gold 2013 Montemor-o-Velho Canoe single 5000 m gold 2014 Brandenburg Canoe single 1000 m gold 2014 Brandenburg Canoe single 5000 m gold 2015 Racice Canoe single 1000 m gold 2015 Racice Canoe single 5000 m gold 2016 Moscow Canoe single 1000 m gold 2017 Plovdiv Canoe single 1000 m gold 2017 Plovdiv Canoe single 5000 m gold 2018 Belgrade Canoe single 5000 m silver 2008 Milan Canoe single 500 m silver 2009 Brandenburg Canoe single 1000 m silver 2009 Brandenburg Canadier single relay 200 m silver 2014 Brandenburg Canoe single 500 m silver 2017 Plovdiv Canoe foursome 1000 m silver 2018 Belgrade Canoe single 500 m silver 2018 Belgrade Canoe single 1000 m bronze 2007 Pontreveda Canoe foursome 500 m bronze 2008 Milan Canoe single 1000 m bronze 2009 Brandenburg Canoe single 500 m

Sebastian Brendel (born March 12, 1988 in Schwedt / Oder , Frankfurt (Oder) district , GDR ) is a German canoeist and three-time Olympic champion .

Career

Brendel has been practicing Canadian sports in Schwedt since 1996, but has been training at KC Potsdam since 2000 . He has been a federal police officer since September 2008 . He achieved his sporting breakthrough in 2005 when he was 17-year-old in Szeged, Hungary, when he became double world champion in single canoe at the Junior World Championships . In 2007 he qualified for the national team in the performance class for the first time and was runner-up in the four-man canoe at the world championships in Duisburg . In 2008 he made his claims to a start at the Olympics clear at the national sightings as the first in the ranking. At the European Championships in Milan in 2008 he won silver and bronze in the single canoe. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won the gold medal in single canoe.

At the 2013 World Championships in Duisburg , Brendel won gold in the single-canoe over 5000 meters, and he also came second over 1000 meters. With the relay he also won the silver medal over 200 meters. At the World Championships in Moscow, he defended his 5000 meter title. He also won gold over 1000 meters in a single canoe and silver over 500 meters.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brendel again won the gold medal in the single canoe and thus defended his Olympic title. After the Czechoslovak Josef Holeček, he is only the second canoeist to do this. With Jan Vandrey he also became Olympic champion in the two-man canoe over 1000 m.

Private

He lives in Potsdam with his family with two children, a daughter (* 2010) and a son (* 2013) .

Since September 1, 2008, he has also been employed by the Federal Police as Chief Police Officer.

Honors

• 2012: Silver bay leaf
• 2012: Sportsman of the Year from Brandenburg
• 2014: Sportsman of the Year from Brandenburg
• 2015: Champion of the year
• 2015: Sportsman of the year from Brandenburg
• 2016: Sportsman of the Year from Brandenburg (in the individual evaluation and in a team with Jan Vandrey )
• 2017: Sportsman of the Year from Brandenburg (in the individual evaluation and in a team with Jan Vandrey and Stefan Kiraj )
• 2019: Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg

Web links

Commons : Sebastian Brendel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Sebastian Brendel at the German Canoe Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sebastian Brendel. In: bundespolizei.de. Retrieved March 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Canoeist Brendel wins gold for Germany. In: Spiegel Online. August 8, 2012, accessed August 8, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Canoeists experience World Cup debacle - only Brendel shines. In: Focus August 10, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2014.
4. ↑ Champion of the year 2014 - German top athletes with their families In: Presse Portal 2014.
5. ↑ Official website of Sebastian Brendel. In: Sebastian-Brendel.de. Retrieved August 16, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Silver Bay Leaf 2012
7. ↑ Sebastian Brendel is Champion of the Year 2015 . Retrieved March 1, 2020 .