Helmut Cämmerer (5 May 1911 – 4 October 1997) was a German sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s.

He won the silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Cämmerer also won a silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.

Helmut Martin Robert Cämmerer was born on 5 May 1911 in Hamburg.

He died on 4 October 1997 in Buchholz in der Nordheide at the age of 86.