Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger (2009)
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Austria
World Championships
2003 Augsburg K1
European Championships
2005 Tacen K1
2002 Bratislava K1
1996 Augsburg K1 team
2012 Augsburg K1 team

Helmut Oblinger (born 14 March 1973 in Schärding) is an Austrian slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to 2015.

He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. He also has four medals from the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes). Oblinger also competed at five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.[1]

His wife, Violetta, won a bronze medal in the women's K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

World Cup individual podiums

Total
K1 2 5 4 11
Season Date Venue Position Event
1998 13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1
2000 2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 2nd K1
9 July 2000 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1
2001 3 June 2001 Merano 2nd K1
10 June 2001 Tacen 3rd K1
28 July 2001 Augsburg 3rd K1
2002 26 May 2002 Guangzhou 1st K1
2004 25 April 2004 Athens 3rd K1
23 May 2004 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1
2005 26 June 2005 Tacen 1st K11
2006 3 June 2006 Augsburg 2nd K1
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points

References

  1. ^ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 16 September 2017.


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