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Canoe racer
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28 September 1972(Bad Kreuznach)
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Biography
Michael Senft (born 28 September 1972 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 event in 1996 in Atlanta.
Senft also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C-2: 2005), three silvers (C-2: 1997, C-2 team: 2002, 2003) and two bronzes (C-2 team: 1995, 1997). He earned three more medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).
His partner in the boat for most of his career was Andre Ehrenberg. From 2004 he paddled with Christian Bahmann.