==== Champions of the Year - Germany - 1972 ====
^  ^ C2-mixed ^ Women's Kayak ^ C1-men ^ C2-men ^ K1 men ^ 
^ Champions | [[en_sportler:spo_3940s|STUMPF, Kirsten]] - [[en_sportler:spo_3941s|STUMPF, Otto]] / KG Celle | [[en_sportler:spo_4283k|KLEINE, Petra]] / KVS Schwerte | [[en_sportler:spo_3254k|KAUDER, Reinhold]] / KC Grevenbroich | [[en_sportler:spo_3859s|SCHUMACHER, Hans-Otto]] - [[en_sportler:spo_2655b|BAUES, Willi]] / KC Grevenbroich | [[en_sportler:spo_2608b|BAUM, Alfred]] / Kanu Schwaben Augsburg | 
^ Champions U16 | [[en_sportler:spo_16845p|PAUELS, Peter]] - [[en_sportler:spo_16913v|VAN WERSCH, ]] / ABC Aachen | [[en_sportler:spo_4283k|KLEINE, Petra]] / KVS Schwerte | [[en_sportler:spo_621m|MOOS, Dietmar]] / PC Wißmar | [[en_sportler:spo_3328k|KREUTZ, Kurt]] - [[en_sportler:spo_3153h|HITZ, Georg]] / WSC Bayer Dormagen | [[en_sportler:spo_15491k|KURZKE, Jörg]] / RaWa Essen | 
^ GDR champions |   | [[en_sportler:spo_3910s|SPINDLER, Sybille]] / SC DHfK Leipzig | [[en_sportler:spo_2912e|EIBEN, Reinhard]] / SC DHfK Leipzig | [[en_sportler:spo_2419a|AMEND, Rolf-Dieter]] - [[en_sportler:spo_2420h|HOFMANN, Walter]] / ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | [[en_sportler:spo_2771b|BÜCHNER, Wolfgang]] / SC DHfK Leipzig | 
^ GDR champions U18 |   | [[en_sportler:spo_18480z|ZIMMER, Ute]] / ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | [[en_sportler:spo_3448m|MASSALSKI, Peter]] / SC DHfK Leipzig | [[en_sportler:spo_18430s|STÜWE, Jürgen]] - [[en_sportler:spo_18513s|SCHULZE, ]] / SC DHfK Leipzig | [[en_sportler:spo_2710b|BÖCKELMANN, Uwe]] / Dessau | 
^ GDR champions U14 |   | [[en_sportler:spo_19784k|KRÄHMER, Petra]] / Sömmerda | [[en_sportler:spo_18599b|BECK, Mathias]] / Zeitz |   | [[en_sportler:spo_20015s|STOY, Wilfried]] / Zeitz |