Alexander Grimm


Alexander Grimm is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.
Grimm won a gold medal in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
He also won three gold medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2007, 2010 and 2011. He won a total of eight medals at the European Championships.
Grimm won the 2009 Adidas Sickline whitewater extreme race, despite having little previous experience of extreme whitewater or indeed of paddling the creekboats used to enhance paddler safety.
His younger sister Michaela has also represented Germany in canoe slalom.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
200628 May 2006Athens3rdK1
200611 Jun 2006La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
200718 Mar 2007Foz do Iguaçu3rdK11
200714 Jul 2007Augsburg1stK1
20095 Jul 2009Bratislava3rdK1
200911 Jul 2009Augsburg2ndK1
20103 Jul 2010Augsburg2ndK1