Fritz Briel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Briel

West German canoe racer

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1934

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Mar-2017

Profession: kayaker

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Fritz Briel (24 October 1934 – 15 March 2017) was a German sprint canoeist, born in Düsseldorf, who competed in from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
Briel also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 1000 m: 1958, K-1 10000 m: 1963, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1958) and one bronze (K-1 10000 m: 1966).