Helmut Oblinger (born 14 March 1973, in
Schärding
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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 The 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Augsburg, Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 28th edition. Augsburg hosted the championships previously in 1957 and 1985 ...
in
Augsburg
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. 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
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.
His wife,
Violetta, won a bronze medal in the
women's K1 event at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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World Cup individual podiums
:
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
References
Beijing2008 profile*
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1973 births
Living people
People from Schärding District
Austrian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Austria
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Sportspeople from Upper Austria
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