Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger (2009)
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2003 AugsburgK1
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 TacenK1
Silver medal – second place2002 BratislavaK1
Bronze medal – third place1996 AugsburgK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2012 AugsburgK1 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

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
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Season Date Venue Position Event
199813 September 1998La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
20002 July 2000Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre2ndK1
9 July 2000La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
20013 June 2001Merano2ndK1
10 June 2001Tacen3rdK1
28 July 2001Augsburg3rdK1
200226 May 2002Guangzhou1stK1
200425 April 2004Athens3rdK1
23 May 2004La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
200526 June 2005Tacen1stK11
20063 June 2006Augsburg2ndK1
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points

References

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


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