Kurt Presslmayr (born 6 February 1943) is an Austrian retired slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He won three medals at the

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non- Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they ...

, with two golds (K-1:

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, K-1 team:

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) and a bronze (K-1 team: 1965). Presslmayr also finished tenth in the K-1 event at the

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in Munich. He was named Austrian Sportsman of the Year in 1965.

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* * 1943 births Austrian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Austria Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub