==== Champions of the Year - Germany - 1956 ====
^  ^ Women's Kayak ^ C1-men ^ C2-men ^ K1 men ^ 
^ Champions | [[en_sportler:spo_4049w|WALTHEMATE, Inge]] / WSC Lippstadt e.V. | [[en_sportler:spo_3939s|STUMPF, Heiner]] / KG Celle | [[en_sportler:spo_3038g|GÖDEL, Heinz]] - [[en_sportler:spo_661b|BRÜMMER, Günter]] / KS Harburg | [[en_sportler:spo_4032v|VOGT, Manfred]] / Ulmer Paddler | 
^ Champions U18 | [[en_sportler:spo_18020w|WERNICKE, Eva-Maria]] / ABC Aachen | [[en_sportler:spo_3941s|STUMPF, Otto]] / KG Celle | [[en_sportler:spo_17786d|DÖHRER, Hartmut]] - [[en_sportler:spo_20244k|KLEINSCHMIDT, ]] / KS Kassel | [[en_sportler:spo_17669a|ALBRECHT, Peter]] / KC Schwabach |