Dieter Krause
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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]
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC DHfK Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]