Erich Kemnitz
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Erich Kemnitz was a West German
sprint canoer
who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
.
Kemnitz also competed in the K-4 1000 m
event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
in Mexico City
, but was eliminated in the semifinals.
West Germany
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sprint canoer
Canoe racing
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who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
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Kemnitz also competed in the K-4 1000 m
Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat results were shown in tenths of a second while the remaining events were shown in hundredths of a second .-Medalists:-Heats:The 19 crews...
event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, but was eliminated in the semifinals.