Thomas Loose (born 19 January 1964 in Bottrop) is a West German-German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won a gold medal for West Germany in the C2 event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Savage River, Maryland in the United States. He also won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in the C2 team event (1987, 1989, 1991).

Thomas Loose
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
World Championships
Representing  West Germany
Gold medal – first place 1989 Savage River C2
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice C2 team
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Savage River C2 team
Representing  Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tacen C2 team

Loose competed for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, finishing 13th in the C2 event.

His partner in the boat throughout the whole of his career was Frank Hemmer.

World Cup individual podiums

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Season Date Venue Position Event
1989 15 Aug 1989 Augsburg 3rd C2
1992 31 May 1992 Nottingham 2nd C2

References

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