 Siegbert Horn in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1950-05-11)11 May 1950 Hartmannsdorf, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 August 2016(2016-08-09) (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Slalom canoeing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Siegbert Horn (11 May 1950 – 9 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Horn also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K-1: 1971, 1975; K-1 team: 1973), two silvers (K-1: 1973; K-1 team: 1971), and a bronze (K-1 team: 1975). He died of cancer on 9 August 2016.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Siegbert Horn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- "Mutprobe auf Kanal-Kopie". sz-online (in German). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
External links
- Profile at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2007)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
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