Sebastian Brendel (born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the reigning Olympic champion at C-1000m. He has also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 2007) and two bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010).