Siegbert Horn

Siegbert Horn

Siegbert Horn in 1972
Personal information
Born	(1950-05-11)11 May 1950 Hartmannsdorf, East Germany
Died	9 August 2016(2016-08-09) (aged 66)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Slalom canoeing
Club	ASK Vorwärts Leipzig
Medal record Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich K-1 World Championships 1971 Meran K-1 1973 Muotathal K-1 team 1975 Skopje K-1 1971 Meran K-1 team 1973 Muotathal K-1 1975 Skopje K-1 team

Siegbert Horn (11 May 1950 – 9 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Horn also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K-1: 1971, 1975; K-1 team: 1973), two silvers (K-1: 1973; K-1 team: 1971), and a bronze (K-1 team: 1975). He died of cancer on 9 August 2016.

External links

• Profile at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2007)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
• Siegbert Horn at Find a Grave