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Meinrad Miltenberger
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Mâcon K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1958 Prague K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1954 Mâcon K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Prague K-2 500 m

Meinrad Miltenberger (6 December 1924, Herdecke, Westphalia – 10 September 1993, Herdecke) was a German canoe sprinter who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.

Miltenberger also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1958, K-2 500 m: 1954), a silver (K-1 500 m: 1954), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1958).

References

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  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Meinrad Miltenberger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
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