Ademar Kammler

Ademar Kammler (born 24 May 1970) is a Brazilian racewalker. He won medals at the South American Race Walking Championships and South American Championships in Athletics, and competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Career Kammler began training for athletics in the early 1980s and learned about racewalking in 1983 from the . He won his first-ever racewalking competition in 1984. He improved to a silver medal at the 1989 championships, walking 45:09.37 minutes. The following year at the 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Kammler finished 90th over 20 km in 1:37:44 hours.

On 12 April 1992, Kammler finished runner-up at a 20 km walk race in Maringá. He walked a time of 1:22:56 to set a personal best. Later that year at the Olympics, he started the 20 km walk but did not finish the race. He finished 25th in 1:29:02 at the 1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He improved to 13th in 1:28:38 at the 1994 Pan American Race Walking Cup.

Kammler started but did not finish the 1995 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Beijing. He won his first South American Athletics Championships bronze medal in the 20,000 metres walk at the 1995 South American Championships in Athletics in a time of 1:32:17.9. He won another medal at the 1996 South American Race Walking Championships, walking 1:29:17 to place 3rd.

Kammler was 69th in 1:25:46 at the 1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He entered in the 20 km walk at the 1997 World University Games, but did not finish the race. In the 1980s, he worked part-time at Caixa Econômica Federal while training to support his family.

After 1989, Kammler moved to Florianópolis and trained with athlete Alexandre Vaz. He returned to Chapecó in 1993 and retired from competition in 2004.

He received a degree in physical education and works as a referee and athletics coach.