Thomas Becker (canoeist born 1967)


Thomas Becker is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K1 event in Atlanta in 1996.
Becker also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds, a silver, and a bronze.
He won the World Cup series in K1 in 1996. He also earned a total of five medals at the European Championships.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
199318 Jul 1993La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
199331 Aug 1993Ocoee3rdK1
199525 Jun 1995Prague1stK1
19951 Oct 1995Ocoee2ndK1
199621 Apr 1996Ocoee2ndK1
199616 Jun 1996Augsburg2ndK1
199629 Sep 1996Três Coroas2ndK1
199722 Jun 1997Bourg St.-Maurice2ndK1
19976 Jul 1997Bratislava2ndK1
19973 Aug 1997Minden3rdK1
199828 Jun 1998Augsburg1stK1
199922 Aug 1999Augsburg3rdK1
19993 Oct 1999Penrith2ndK1
200030 Jul 2000Augsburg3rdK1
200228 Jul 2002Tacen2ndK1