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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Alexander Grimm, Andreas Dittmer, Andreas Ihle, Andre Ehrenberg, Andre Wohllebe, Anett Schuck, Anke Nothnagel, Birgit Fischer, Bjorn Bach, Bjorn Goldschmidt, Carolin Leonhardt, Christian Bahmann, Christian Gille, Christian Holzenberg, Conny Wassmuth, David Schroder, Detlef Hofmann, Elisabeth Micheler-Jones, Erich Hanisch, Erich Koschik, Ernst Krebs, Eva Roth, Ewald Tilker, Fanny Fischer, Felix Michel, Frank Hemmer, Frank Henze, Franziska Weber, Franz Johannsen, Fritz Bondroit, Fritz Briel, Gunar Kirchbach, Gustav Schmidt, Hannes Aigner, Hans Wedemann, Heinrich Sack, Helmut Cammerer, Helmut Noller, Ingo Spelly, Jan Benzien, Jan Schafer, Jasmin Schornberg, Jennifer Bongardt, Jens Ewald, Jens Stegemann, Jens Vorsatz, Jochen Lettmann, Jonas Ems, Karl-Heinz Schafer, Katrin Borchert, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Kay Bluhm, Kordula Striepecke, Kurt Kuschela, Lars Kober, Ludwig Landen, Lutz Altepost, Lutz Liwowski, Maike Nollen, Mandy Planert, Manfred Berro, Manuela Mucke, Marco Herszel, Marcus Becker, Marcus Gross, Mario Von Appen, Mark Zabel, Martin Hollstein, Martin Lang (canoer), Matthias Roder, Max Hoff (canoer), Meinrad Miltenberger, Michael Scheuer (kayaker), Michael Senft, Michael Trummer, Nicole Reinhardt, Norman Brockl, Olaf Heukrodt, Olaf Winter, Oliver Fix, Oliver Kegel, Patrick Schulze, Paul Wevers, Peter Kretschmer, Ralf Berckhan, Ramona Portwich, Ronald Rauhe, Rudiger Hubbers, Sebastian Brendel, Sebastian Piersig, Sideris Tasiadis, Silke Hormann, Soren Kaufmann, Stefan Henze, Stefan Pfannmoller, Stefan Ulm, Stefan Utess, Susanne Hirt, Theodor Kleine, Thomas Becker (canoer born 1967), Thomas Loose, Thomas Reineck, Thomas Schmidt, Thomas Zereske, Tim Wieskotter, Tina Dietze, Tomasz Wylenzek, Torsten Eckbrett, Torsten Gutsche, Udo Raumann, Ulrich Papke, Vitus Husek, Walter Schuur, Willi Horn, Xaver Hormann. Excerpt: Birgit Fischer (born February 25, 1962) is a German kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladar Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany (interrupted by the boycott of 1984), then four times representing the reunited nation. After both the 1988 and 2000 games, she announced her retirement, only to return for the subsequent games. She has been both the youngest- and oldest-ever Olympic canoeing champion (ages 18 and 42). In 2004 she was voted German sportswoman of the year. Fischer was born in Brandenburg an der Havel, then in East Germany. She attended an ASK (army sports club) boarding school in Potsdam, and worked as a sports instructor in the National People's Army, attaining a rank of major by the time of German reunification in 1990. She was married from 1984 to 1993 to canoeist Jorg Schmidt, silver medalist in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She lives with their two children in Brandenburg. In 1999 she stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the FDP in the European Parliament election. Fischer's niece, Fanny, competed for Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, winning a gold in the K-4 500 m event. Fischer's brother Frank won nine world championship medals between 1981 and 1986. She also won 38 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals between 1978 and 2005, including 28 golds. Fischer's career medal count was surpassed by Hungary's Katalin Kovacs at the 2011 championships in Szeged. Andreas Dittmer (born 16 April 1972 in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals. Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew. In 1994 he won the C-2 1000 m world championship with Gunar Kirchbach. At the 1996
