Günther Perleberg (born March 17, 1935) is a German

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 sprint canoer

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 who competed in the early 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with a gold in the K-1 4 x 500 m (1960

1960 Summer Olympics

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) and a silver in the K-4 1000 m (1964

1964 Summer Olympics

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Pereleberg won two medals for East Germany at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce

Jajce

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 with a gold in the K-4 1000 m and a bronze in the K-1 4 x 500 m events. He later defected to West Germany

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