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Place of Birth: Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Lutz Altepost
- Lutz Altepost (born October 6, 1981 in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s.
- Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008. At the 1999 Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, he won two gold medals with Germany's four-man K-4 crew (K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m). As a senior, he has established himself among the elite K-1 500 m paddlers in international competitions but has yet to win an individual gold medal.
- In 2002 he finished sixteenth at the Seville world championships.
- The following year in Gainesville, USA, he took the bronze medal.
- At the Athens Olympics in 2004 he came seventh.
- At the 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships he won the silver medal. After the Athens Olympics Altepost was chosen to lead Germany's revamped K4 boat.
- In their debut season together the new four won the K-4 1000 m world championship final in Zagreb ahead of reigning champions Slovakia giving Altepost his first gold medal as a senior. In 2006 Altepost enjoyed mixed fortunes at the 2006 World Championships.
- In the individual K-1 500 m he achieved a medal placing for the third consecutive year, this time winning the bronze medal.
- In the team kayak events however Altepost's K-4 crew were unable to repeat their Zagreb success and surprisingly failed to make the podium in any of the three race distances though they did win the K-4 1000 m event at the 2007 championships. He is 193 cm (6'4") tall and weighs 95 kg (209 lbs).
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