Karl Proisl (9 July 1911 – 2 December 1949) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

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, he won two medals with his partner

Rupert Weinstabl Rupert Weinstabl (20 November 1911 – 7 September 1953) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he won two medals with his partner Karl Proisl with a silver in the C-2 1 ...

: a silver in the C-2 1000 m event and a bronze in the C-2 10000 m event. Proisl also won two medals at the

1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the f ...

Vaxholm Vaxholm is a locality and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located on the island of in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Castle, which was constructed in 1549 on an islet with this nam ...

: a gold in the C-2 1000 m event and silver in the C-2 10000 m event. He competed for

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because it had annexed

at the time of the championships.

References

* * * * 1911 births 1949 deaths Austrian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria {{Austria-Olympic-medalist-stub