Lutz Liwowski

Lutz Liwowski ( born July 30, 1967 in Dusseldorf ) is a former German canoeist. The canoe racers KG food was in 1998 and 1999 world champion in the one - kayak over 1000 m.

Liwowski began with the wild water racing, but then changed her canoe racing. He scored his first international success at the Canoe Racing World Championship in 1995 in Duisburg, as in K1 he won over 1000 meters bronze medal. In 1996 he took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta and attended there the 4th place over 1000 and 5th place over 500 meters. In 1998 he became the first world champion over 1,000 meters and defended the title in 1999 clear. At the 2000 Olympics, he traveled as a favorite, but was disqualified in the flow due to a false start. About 500 meters he was ranked 5th In 2002, he finished his career.

Caused a stir a self-developed by Liwowski kayak, which had an unusually narrow hull and to comply with the prescribed in the Rules of Competition minimum width in the center of the boat two short upstanding fins had on each side. This development found numerous imitators, which is why in 2001 the minimum width of the racing boats by the ICF was entirely abolished. In the same year, was only introduced in 2000 false start rule was canceled again, after all early starters will be disqualified.

Parallel to his career in competitive sports Liwowski completed a degree in mechanical engineering and now works as engineer. He is the father of three daughters.