Mario Von Appen

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Mario von Appen (sometimes listed as Mario Von Appen or Mario van Appen, born 31 July 1965 in Hamburg) is a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event.

Mario Von Appen
Medal record
Men’s canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen K-4 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1989 Plovdiv K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Mexico City K-4 1000 m

Von Appen also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-4 1000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1993), three silvers (K-4 500 m: 1989, 1993, 1995), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1994).

References edit

  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mario von Appen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

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