Rüdiger Helm

Rüdiger Helm had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1978 K1 1000 m, 1st 1978 K2 500 m (with Bernd Olbricht), 1st 1978 K4 1000 m (with Bernd Duvigneau, Harald Marg, and Bernd Olbricht), 1st 1979 K1 1000 m, 1st 1978 K4 1000 m (with Bernd Olbricht, Bernd Duvigneau, and Harald Marg), 1st 1981 K1 1000 m, 1st 1981 K4 1000 m (with Frank-Peter Bischof, Harald Marg, and Peter Hempel), 1st 1982 K1 1000 m, 1st 1983 K1 1000 m, 1st 1983 K4 500 m (with Peter Hempel, Harald Marg, and Andreas Stähle), 2nd 1975 K4 1000 m (with Herbert Laabs, Harald Marg, and the non-Olympian Gerhard Rummel), 2nd 1977 K1 1000 m, 2nd 1979 K2 500 m (with Bernd Olbricht), 2nd 1982 K4 500 m (with Frank-Peter Bischof, Harald Marg, and the non-Olympian Frank Fischer), 2nd 1982 K4 1000 m (with Frank-Peter Bischof, Peter Hempel, and Harald Marg), 2nd 1983 K4 1000 m (with Peter Hempel, Harald Marg, and Andreas Stähle), 3rd 1974 K2 1000 m (with Volkmar Thiede), 3rd 1975 K1 1000 m, 3rd 1981 K4 500 m (with Frank-Peter Bischof, Harald Marg, and André Wohllebe).