Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4×500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke)."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
Krause also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1963), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1963), and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1958, K-1 4×500 m: 1963).Dieter Krause sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008) He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser".Waren doch alle bei der Stasi, Der Spiegel, 23. November 1992
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