Holger ZANDER

Team
Federal Republic of GermanyFederal Republic of Germany
GermanyGermany
Olympic Medals
1S
1B
Games Participations2
First Olympic GamesTokyo 1964
Year of Birth1943

Biography

Sprint canoeist Holger Zander partnered with Heinz Büker at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the K2-1,000 metres, with the pair winning a bronze medal, for which they were both awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, the highest sports award in Germany. Zander also won a silver with the mixed German kayak fours. Zander and Büker won another bronze at the 1963 Worlds in the K2-500, adding a silver in 1966.

Zander came back in 1968 to Mexico City with his new partner Berni Schulz, but finished last in the final of the K2-1000, then representing West Germany. Domestically he claimed national K1 titles over 500 metres in 1963-64 and 1966-68, and over 1,000 metres in 1964 and 1966. In 1966, and from 1970-72 he also won West German national titles in the kayak relay. In 1967 Zander earned his last international medal with a bronze in the relay.

Olympic Results

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