Jürgen Henze

Canoe slalom events – held on the canoe slalom course of Augsburg – appeared at the Olympics for the first time in 1972 (and for the last time until 1992). Jürgen Henze partnered with Herbert Fischer in the Canadian doubles and finished 18th. Both were members of SC DHfK Leipzig and won East German team titles in 1971, 1975, and 1976. In the C-2 both claimed a silver in 1972 and three bronze medals in 1971, 1975, and 1976.

Jürgen Henze later became a whitewater coach, just like his sons Stefan and Frank. In August, 2016, Stefan took a taxi together with sports scientist Christian Käding to drive to the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro. The taxi crashed and Stefan suffered severe head injuries, which German Olympic chief physician Bernd Wolfarth described as life-threatening. Stefan Henze died only three days later, on 15 August, aged only 35 years.