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
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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 )