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Peter Hempel (born 30 April 1959) is an East German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-4 500 m: 1983 1985; K-4 1000 m: 1981) three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1982 K-4 1000 m: 1982 1983) and three bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1978 1979; K-4 1000 m: 1985).Hempel also finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.