Therese Zenz
Appearance
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Born | Merzig, Saarland, Germany | 15 October 1932|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Saarland & Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoeing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Therese Zenz (born October 15, 1932) is a Saar-born German sprint canoer who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won three silver medals (1956: K-1 500 m, 1960: K-1 500 m, K-2 500 m).
She was born in Merzig.
Zenz competed for Saar in the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished ninth in the K-1 500 metres competition. In 1956 and 1960, she competed for the Unified Team of Germany. She later became a coach for the West German team.
Zenz won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 500 m: 1954 for Saar) and two bronzes (K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m: both 1958 for West Germany).
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
Categories:
- 1932 births
- Living people
- People from Merzig-Wadern
- Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- German canoeists
- Olympic canoeists of Saar
- Olympic canoeists of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Female canoeists
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- German canoeist stubs
- German Olympic medalist stubs