Fritz Briel

Fritz Briel (24 October 1934 – 15 March 2017) was a German sprint canoeist, born in Düsseldorf, who competed in from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.

He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Briel also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 1000 m: 1958, K-1 10000 m: 1963, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1958) and one bronze (K-1 10000 m: 1966).

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