Therese Zenz
 Zenz (left) at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 October 1932 Merzig, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 2019 (aged 87) Merzig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoeing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kanufreunde Mettlach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theresia Maria "Therese" Zenz (15 October 1932 – 22 October 2019) was a
United Team of Germany in 1956 and 1960. At the 1952 games she competed for Saar and finished ninth in the K-1 500 metres event
. 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Therese Zenz.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
- Therese Zenz's profile at Sports Reference.com
- Therese Zenz's obituary
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