Manuela Mucke

Manuela Mucke
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Duisburg K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Milan K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Milan K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Poznań K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2003 Gainesville K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville K-4 200 m

Manuela Mucke (born 30 January 1975 in Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a German canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-4 500 m event, earning them in 1996 and 2000. For winning a golden medal during the Olympic Games 2000 she was decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Johannes Rau on Febr. 2. 2001 with the Silver Laurel Leaf.[1]

Mucke also won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-2 1000 m: 2001, K-4 200 m: 1997; K-4 500 m: 1995, 1998), eight silvers (K-2 500 m: 2002, K-2 1000 m: 1999, 2002, 2003; K-4 200 m: 1995, K-4 500 m: 1999, 2001, 2002), and a bronze (K-4 200 m: 2002).

  1. ^ Statement by the Chief Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany (in German: Bundespräsidialamt)concerning the decoration af all German Olympic medall winners during the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney