Erik Leue

Erik Leue ( born August 9, 1985 in Magdeburg ) is a German canoeist.

The canoe racers comes from a family canoeists. His older sister Friederike Leue part of the national team of Germany, the younger sister Romy Leue is a young athlete. All start where they are coached by her father by Eckhard Leue for the SC Magdeburg.

In 2007, he was able to first qualify for the German canoe racing team. At the European Championships in 2007, he was sixth in the four - Canadians about 200 m, at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2007 in Duisburg won Leue Stefan Holtz, Thomas Lück and Robert Nuck behind the team from Romania over 1,000 m silver medal in this class of boat. In 2008 he competed at the U23 World Championships and was fourth on 500 m and won the final race over 1000 m in the one - canoe competitions.

The end of 2008 Leue was included in the power sports project of the Federal Police in Cottbus and there came, among others, Olympic champion Tomasz Wylenzek, was looking for a new two - partner since the 2008 Olympics. From then trained together Leue and Wylenzek and won in a two - Canadians over 1,000 m at the European Championships in 2009 in Brandenburg an der Havel the silver medal. The Canoe Racing World Championships 2009 in Dartmouth ( Canada ) have been world champion in this discipline.