Richard Weiss
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1963 –
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Who is Richard Weiss?
Richard Alfred "Rich" Weiss was a West German-born, American slalom kayaker who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Mezzana.
Weiss also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-1 event in Atlanta in 1996. His finish in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was mired in controversy when the television replay showed a judges error cost him a bronze medal.
He drowned in a kayaking accident in Washington state in 1997.
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