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Mario Von Appen (sometimes listed as Mario von Appen or Mario van Appen born July 31 1965 in Hamburg) is a German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event. Von Appen also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-4 1000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1993) three silvers (K-4 500 m: 1989 1993 1995) and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1994).