Erik Pfannmöller

Erik Pfannmöller (born 7 February 1985 in Halle (Saale)) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2001 to 2008. After quitting his successful sports career in 2009, Pfannmöller became a businessman, founding three companies as of 2017.

Pfannmöller won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Foz do Iguaçu. He won the overall World Cup title in K1 in 2006 and 2008. He also won five medals at the European Championships (3 silvers and 2 bronzes).

World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2005 26 June 2005 Tacen 3rd K11 24 July 2005 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1 2006 28 May 2006 Athens 2nd K1 3 June 2006 Augsburg 1st K1 2 July 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée 2nd K11 2007 14 July 2007 Augsburg 2nd K1 2008 22 June 2008 Prague 2nd K1 5 July 2008 Augsburg 1st K1

1 European Championship counting for World Cup points

Business career In 2010, he graduated from the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management with a degree in business administration. In January 2010, he founded the company "Teambon", which was acquired by DailyDeal just two months later. In April 2010, he founded the Berlin-based startup "mysportbrands" together with Albert Schwarzmeier. Since 2015, he is founder and CEO of "Solvemate", a B2B SaaS company that uses machine learning to automate customer service with the help of chatbots.