Dieter Krause

For the German Olympic hockey player, see Dieter Krause (field hockey).

Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.^[1] He won a gold medal in the K-1 4×500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke).^[2]

Dieter Krause

Personal information
Born	(1936-01-18)18 January 1936 Brandenburg an der Havel Germany
Died	10 August 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 84) Bad Saarow  Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	SC DHfK Leipzig
Medal record Representing  All-German Team Olympic Games 1960 Rome K-1 4×500 m Representing  East Germany World Championships 1963 Jajce K-4 1000 m 1963 Jajce K-2 1000 m 1958 Prague K-1 500 m 1963 Jajce K-1 4×500 m

Krause also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1963), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1963), and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1958, K-1 4×500 m: 1963).^[3] He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser".^[4]

References

1. "Leipziger Kanu-Olympiasieger Dieter Krause gestorben". Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
2. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing" Archived 20 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
3. Dieter Krause sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
4. Waren doch alle bei der Stasi, Der Spiegel, 23. November 1992

• 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: 13 January 2016.
• 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: 11 March 2016.

External links

• Dieter Krause at Olympedia
• Dieter Krause at Olympics.com