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Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Moscow | C-2 1000 m |
World Championships | ||
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1981 Nottingham | C-2 1000 m |
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1982 Belgrade | C-2 1000 m |
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1985 Mechelen | C-2 500 m |
Uwe Madeja (born 6 February 1959) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [1]
Madeja also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-2 1000 m: 1981) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1985, C-2 1000 m: 1982).
He is married to Silvia Rinka, who competed for East Germany in swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the breaststroke.