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In 2002 he finished sixteenth at the Seville world championships.
In 2002 he finished sixteenth at the Seville world championships.
The following year in Gainesville, United States of America, he took the bronze medal. At the Athens Olympics in 2004 he came seventh. After the Athens Olympics Altepost was chosen to lead Germany"s revamped K4 boat.
In 2006 Altepost enjoyed mixed fortunes at the 2006 World Championships.
He is 193 cm (6"4") tall and weighs 95 kg (209 lbs).
Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008. At the 1999 Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, he won two gold medals with Germany"s four-man K-4 crew (K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m). As a senior he has established himself among the elite K-1 500 m paddlers in international competitions but has yet to win an individual gold medal. At the 2005 International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships he won the silver medal. In their debut season together the new four won the K-4 1000 m world championship final in Zagreb ahead of reigning champions Slovakia giving Altepost his first gold medal as a senior. In the individual K-1 500 m he achieved a medal placing for the third consecutive year, this time winning the bronze medal. In the team kayak events however Altepost"s K-4 crew were unable to repeat their Zagreb success and surprisingly failed to make the podium in any of the three race distances though they did win the K-4 1000 m event at the 2007 championships.
