Sebastian Brendel

Sebastian Brendel

Personal information
Born	12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) (age 28) Schwedt, East Germany
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 5 4 3 European Championships 5 1 0 European Games 1 0 0 Total 13 5 3 Olympic Games 2012 London C-1 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-1 1000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 1000 m World Championships 2013 Duisburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 1000 m 2014 Moscow C-1 5000 m 2015 Milan C–1 1000 m 2015 Milan C–1 5000 m 2007 Duisburg C-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg C-1 1000 m 2013 Duisburg C–1 4x200 m 2014 Moscow C-1 500 m 2009 Dartmouth C-1 1000 m 2010 Poznań C-1 1000 m 2011 Szeged C-1 4x200 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade C-1 1000 m 2012 Zagreb C-1 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg C-1 500 m European Games 2015 Baku C-1 1000 m

Sebastian Brendel (born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the reigning Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.

He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 2007) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010). He is the current world record holder in the C-1 1000m as of the 2014 ICF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

Brendel won a Gold Medal at the 2012 London Olympics in canoeing's C-1 1,000 metres event for his country. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he defended successfully this title and added another one, at the C-2 1000 metres, together with Jan Vandrey. Germany won the gold medal in this category also in London, but with Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela.

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