Günter Perleberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Günter Perleberg

German canoe racer

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1935

Place of Birth: Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2019

Profession: canoeist, civil engineer, kayaker

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Günter Perleberg

  • Günter Perleberg also spelled Günther; (17 March 1935 – 1 August 2019) was a German sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s.
  • Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with a gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m (1960 with the East German team) and a silver in the K-4 1000 m (1964 with the West German team). Perleberg was born in Brandenburg an der Havel in 1935.
  • He trained with SC Aufbau Magdeburg under Ernst Schmidt.Perleberg won two medals for East Germany at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce with a gold in the K-4 1000 m and a bronze in the K-1 4 × 500 m events.
  • On the last day of the 1963 World Championships he defected to West Germany via Austria to be with his pregnant girlfriend in Havelse near Hanover.
  • Perleberg's status as a Republikflüchtling ("deserter from the republic") caused considerable friction between the two German national committees for determining the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
  • In the end, Avery Brundage as President of the International Olympic Committee suggested that separate qualification races be held; those involving Perleberg in West Germany and those not involving him in East Germany.
  • That suggestion was followed and Perleberg qualified in the K-4 at the Wedau Regatta Course in Duisburg while the other races were held at the regatta course in Grünau in East Berlin.
  • He acted as an official for the canoeing association in Lower Saxony after his active career.By profession a civil engineer, he had a civil engineering consultancy in Garbsen.

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