Thomas Becker (canoeist born 1967)

Thomas Becker (born 6 July 1967 in Hilden) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K1 event in Atlanta in 1996.

Thomas Becker

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	K1
World Championships
	1995 Nottingham	K1 team
	1997 Três Coroas	K1
	1999 La Seu d'Urgell	K1 team
	2002 Bourg St.-Maurice	K1 team
	1991 Tacen	K1 team
	1997 Três Coroas	K1 team
European Championships
	1996 Augsburg	K1 team
	1998 Roudnice nad Labem	K1 team
	2002 Bratislava	K1 team
	1998 Roudnice nad Labem	K1
	2000 Mezzana	K1

Becker also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1: 1997, K1 team: 1995, 1999, 2002), a silver (K1 team: 1991), and a bronze (K1 team: 1997).

He won the World Cup series in K1 in 1996. He also earned a total of five medals at the European Championships (3 golds and 2 silvers).

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
K1	2	8	5	15

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1993	18 July 1993	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
	31 August 1993	Ocoee	3rd	K1
1995	25 June 1995	Prague	1st	K1
	1 October 1995	Ocoee	2nd	K1
1996	21 April 1996	Ocoee	2nd	K1
	16 June 1996	Augsburg	2nd	K1
	29 September 1996	Três Coroas	2nd	K1
1997	22 June 1997	Bourg St.-Maurice	2nd	K1
	6 July 1997	Bratislava	2nd	K1
	3 August 1997	Minden	3rd	K1
1998	28 June 1998	Augsburg	1st	K1
1999	22 August 1999	Augsburg	3rd	K1
	3 October 1999	Penrith	2nd	K1
2000	30 July 2000	Augsburg	3rd	K1
2002	28 July 2002	Tacen	2nd	K1

References

• Profile at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 8, 2007)
• 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)

External links

• Thomas Becker at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)