Uwe Madeja
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  East Germany
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Moscow | C-2 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1981 Nottingham | C-2 1000 m |
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1982 Belgrade | C-2 1000 m |
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1985 Mechelen | C-2 500 m |
Uwe Madeja (born February 6, 1959) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Madeja also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-2 1000 m: 1981) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1985, C-2 1000 m: 1982).
He is married to Silvia Rinka, who competed for East Germany in swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the breaststroke.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Sports-reference.com profile
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- 1959 births
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- German male canoeists
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists of East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- German canoeing Olympic medalist stubs