# Lutz Altepost

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{{Short description|German sprint canoeist (born 1981)}}
{{no footnotes|date=March 2013}}
{{MedalTableTop|Lutz Altepost.jpg|200px|Altepost in 2008}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [canoe sprint](/source/Canoe_racing)}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|[2008 Beijing](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics)|[K-4 1000 m](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_K-4_1000_metres)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2005 Zagreb](/source/2005_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships)|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[2007 Duisburg](/source/2007_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships)|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[2005 Zagreb](/source/2005_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships)|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[2003 Gainesville](/source/2003_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships)|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[2006 Szeged](/source/2006_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships)|K-1 500 m}}
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'''Lutz Altepost''' (born October 6, 1981, in [Emsdetten](/source/Emsdetten), [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia)) is a German [sprint canoeist](/source/canoe_racing) who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in two [Summer Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympics), he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at [Beijing](/source/Beijing) in [2008](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics).

==Career==
At the 1999 Junior World Championships in [Zagreb](/source/Zagreb), Croatia, he won two gold medals with Germany's four-man K-4 crew (K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m).

As a senior, he has established himself among the elite K-1 500 m paddlers in international competitions but has yet to win an individual gold medal. In [2002](/source/2002_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) he finished sixteenth at the [Seville](/source/Seville) [world championships](/source/ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships). The following [year](/source/2003_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) in [Gainesville](/source/Gainesville%2C_Georgia), USA, he took the bronze medal. At the [Athens Olympics](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_K-1_500_metres) in 2004 he came seventh. At the [2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships](/source/2005_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) he won the silver medal.

After the Athens Olympics Altepost was chosen to lead Germany's revamped K4 boat. In their debut season together the new four won the K-4 1000 m world championship final in Zagreb ahead of reigning champions [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia) giving Altepost his first gold medal as a senior.

In 2006, Altepost enjoyed mixed fortunes at the [2006 World Championships](/source/2006_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships). In the individual K-1 500 m, he achieved a medal placing for the third consecutive year, this time winning the bronze medal. In the team kayak events however Altepost's K-4 crew were unable to repeat their Zagreb success and surprisingly failed to make the podium in any of the three race distances though they did win the K-4 1000 m event at the [2007 championships](/source/2007_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships).

==Personal life==
He is {{convert|193|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall and weighs {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

==References==
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190231/http://www.kanu.de/nuke/index.php?CNVtheme=kanu_leistungssport&CNVop=leistungssport%2Farticle_person&CNVsection=kr_sportler&CNVid=59 |date=September 27, 2007 |title=German Canoe Union profile}} {{in lang|de}}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2010-01-05 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 }}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/lutz-altepost-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/lutz-altepost-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Lutz Altepost}}

{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-4 1000 m Men}}

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Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Emsdetten
Category:Sportspeople from Münster (region)
Category:Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:German male canoeists
Category:Olympic canoeists for Germany
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century German sportsmen

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