German sprint canoer Marco Herzsel placed sixth in the kayak doubles over 1,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics partnering Jan Schäfer. In 2007, he won the gold medal at the World Championships in the kayak fours over 1,000 metres along with Norman Bröckl, Arnd Goldschmidt ,and Lutz Altepost. In 2005, he added a silver medal in the kayak doubles over 1,000 metres and two more bronzes in the same events in 2001 and 2003. In 2001 and 2005, Herszel won two more bronze medals in the same events at the European Championships. Domestically, he won 11 German national titles.
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