Mandy Planert

Mandy Planert

Personal information
Born	26 January 1975 (1975-01-26) (age 51) Schleiz, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe slalom
Club	Leipziger Kanu Club
Medal record Representing Germany World Championships Gold medal – first place 1997 Três Coroas K1 team Gold medal – first place 1999 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team Gold medal – first place 2007 Foz do Igauçu K1 team Silver medal – second place 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice K1 Silver medal – second place 2003 Augsburg K1 team Silver medal – second place 2005 Penrith K1 European Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Tacen K1 Gold medal – first place 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team Gold medal – first place 2008 Kraków K1 team Silver medal – second place 2005 Tacen K1 team Silver medal – second place 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 Bronze medal – third place 1998 Roudnice nad Labem K1 team Bronze medal – third place 2000 Mezzana K1 team Junior World Championships Silver medal – second place 1992 Sjoa K1 team

Mandy Planert (later Benzien, born 26 January 1975) is a retired German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2008.

She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K1 team: 1997, 1999, 2007) and three silvers (K1: 2002, 2005; K1 team: 2003). She is the overall World Cup champion in K1 from 2002. She also won seven medals at the European Championships.

Planert competed in the K1 event at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and finished 6th and 14th, respectively. She is married to the fellow Olympic canoeist Jan Benzien. They live in Leipzig together with their children Justus Jonas and Mika.

World Cup individual podiums

	1st place, gold medalist(s)	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Total
K1	8	13	3	24

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1999	15 August 1999	Bratislava	2nd	K1
2000	30 April 2000	Penrith	1st	K1
	2 July 2000	Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre	2nd	K1
	23 July 2000	Prague	2nd	K1
	30 July 2000	Augsburg	2nd	K1
2001	29 July 2001	Augsburg	2nd	K1
	5 August 2001	Prague	1st	K1
	9 September 2001	Wausau	2nd	K1
2002	26 May 2002	Guangzhou	1st	K1
	21 July 2002	Augsburg	3rd	K1
	4 August 2002	Prague	2nd	K1
	14 September 2002	Tibagi	1st	K1
2004	23 April 2004	Athens	2nd	K1
	23 May 2004	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
	30 May 2004	Merano	2nd	K1
	11 July 2004	Prague	2nd	K1
	18 July 2004	Augsburg	2nd	K1
2005	26 June 2005	Tacen	1st	K11
	9 Jule 2005	Athens	3rd	K1
	17 Jule 2005	Augsburg	1st	K1
	1 October 2005	Penrith	2nd	K12
2007	8 July 2007	Tacen	1st	K1
2008	21 June 2008	Prague	2nd	K1
	29 June 2008	Tacen	1st	K1

¹ European Championship counting for World Cup points

² World Championship counting for World Cup points

External links

• Mandy Planert at Olympedia
• Mandy Planert at Olympics.com