He won a gold medal in the folding K - 1 event at the 1953 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran .
Walter Kirschbaum is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the early - to - mid 1950s .
Walter Kirschbaum won a gold medal in the folding K - 1 event at the 1953 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran .
Walter Kirschbaum is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the early - to - mid 1950s .