Walter Gehlen
Walter Gehlen (* 20th century ) is a German canoeist and world champion.
He came from Grevenbroich , in whose sports club he operated the canoe slalom sport with his partner Friedrich Bohry so successfully that both soon belonged to the national team of the German Canoe Association . At the German Canoe Championships in 1963, they achieved 2nd place in the two-man Canadier (C2).
In 1965 both took part in the World Championships in Spittal an der Drau , where they won a bronze medal. At the white water World Cup in 1967 he was the German national team in the two-man canoe world champion, for which he was awarded the silver laurel leaf on May 10, 1968.
At the white water world championships in 1969 he competed in a single canoe and also won the team world championship title in this discipline.
Finally, in 1973 , he was once again world champion in the whitewater race in the single canoe with the German team ( Bernd Heinemann , Gehlen and Sepp Schumacher ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.canoeslalom.net
- ^ German Bundestag : Printed matter 7/1040 (PDF; 1.7 MB), September 26, 1973, p. 63, accessed on January 29, 2020.
- ↑ Sports Report of the Federal Government to the Bundestag on September 29, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - Page 64
- ↑ Canoe World Championship 1973, list of medal winners
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gehlen, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeist and world champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grevenbroich |