Conny Waßmuth

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Conny Waßmuth (also spelled Wassmuth; born 4 April 1983 in Halle an der Saale) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Conny Waßmuth

Waßmuth in 2008
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Dusiburg K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 x 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-1 4 x 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szeged K-1 4 x 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Szeged K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Milan K-4 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m

Waßmuth also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 4 x 200 m: 2009, 2010; K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-4 500 m: 2005, 2007) and two silvers (K-4 200 m and K-4 500 m: both 2006).

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Germany in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Verena Hantl, Franziska Weber, and Tina Dietze. She earned a silver medal.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's K-1 200 metres event. She was eliminated in the semifinals.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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