Oliver Kegel (born June 14, 1961) is a West German-German sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
Kegel also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 500 m: 1991, K-4 1000 m: 1993, K-4 10000 m: 1991, 1993), two silvers (K-4 500 m: 1993, K-4 1000 m: 1991), and two bronzes (K-4 1000 m: 1994, K-4 10000 m: 1987).
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