Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Kay•Bluhm |
Used name | Kay•Bluhm |
Born | 13 October 1968 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg (GER) |
Measurements | 191 cm / 86 kg |
Affiliations | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam, Potsdam (GER) |
NOC | East Germany Germany |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 3 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 5 |
German flatwater canoeist Kay Bluhm partnered André Wohllebe in the K-2 500 event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and finished seventh, representing East Germany. He also won the bronze medal with the K-4 1,000 team. Bluhm then represented re-unified Germany at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games, with new partner Torsten Gutsche. They won three gold and two silver medals in the K-2 500 and 1,000 events. Bluhm also won seven gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the ICF Flatwater Canoe World Championships.
Domestically, Bluhm won the K-1 and K-2 500 titles in 1988-89, and also the K-2 1,000 and K-4 1,000 in 1987-88. After re-unification, he added the K-1 500 national title in 1995, the K-2 500 title in 1991, 1994-96, and the K-2 1,000 title in 1991 and 1994. Bluhm later married his non-Olympian teammate Daniela Gleue. In 1992 he was awarded the German media award BAMBI. He also received the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1988 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GDR | Kay Bluhm | |||
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | André Wohllebe | 7 | ||||
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | East Germany | 3 | Bronze | |||
1992 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER | Kay Bluhm | |||
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | Torsten Gutsche | 1 | Gold | |||
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | Torsten Gutsche | 1 | Gold | |||
1996 Summer Olympics | Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | GER | Kay Bluhm | |||
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) | Torsten Gutsche | 1 | Gold | |||
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | Torsten Gutsche | 2 | Silver |