German canoeist
Sören Kaufmann (born 8 May 1971 in Augsburg ) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 1995 ), two silvers (C1: 1995, C1 team: 2002 ), and a bronze (C1: 1993 ).
He won three medals at the European Championships (1 gold and 2 silvers).
Kaufmann also competed in three Summer Olympics , earning his best finish of sixth in the C1 event in Sydney in 2000 .
As of 2017 he is the German national team coach for canoeists.[ 1]
World Cup individual podiums [ edit ]
1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon , Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud ) 1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič , Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka ) 1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský ) 1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš ) 1957: West Germany (Günther Beck , Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf ) 1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš , Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek ) 1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora , Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal ) 1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak , Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert ) 1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka , Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal ) 1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller , Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka ) 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters , Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder ) 1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler , Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster ) 1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil , Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka ) 1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka , Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák ) 1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben , Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner ) 1979: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bob Robison ) 1981: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Ron Lugbill ) 1983: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Kent Ford ) 1985: United States (David Hearn , Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford ) 1987: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bruce Lessels ) 1989: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Jed Prentice ) 1991: United States (Adam Clawson , Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice ) 1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar , Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar ) 1995: Germany (Vitus Husek , Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang ) 1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko ) 1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt , Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek ) 2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk , Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek ) 2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán ) 2005: France (Olivier Lalliet , Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet ) 2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller , Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien ) 2007: France (Tony Estanguet , Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier ) 2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš ) 2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2011: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2013: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2014: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2015: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2017: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš ) 2018: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš ) 2019: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš ) 2021: France (Martin Thomas , Denis Gargaud Chanut & Nicolas Gestin ) 2022: Slovenia (Benjamin Savšek , Luka Božič & Anže Berčič ) 2023: France (Nicolas Gestin , Jules Bernardet & Lucas Roisin )