Rolf-Dieter Amend

Amend in 2007
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1972 MunichC-2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1971 MeranC-2 team
Gold medal – first place1975 SkopjeC-2 team
Silver medal – second place1971 MeranC-2

Rolf-Dieter Amend (21 March 1949 – 4 January 2022) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Amend was born in Magdeburg. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C-2 team: 1971, 1975) and a silver (C-2: 1971). He died on 4 January 2022, at the age of 72.[1]

References

  1. "Rolf-Dieter Amend verstorben" (in German). Deutscher Kanu-Verband. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.


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