Oliver Fix (born 21 June 1973 in

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...

) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 1996. He won a gold medal in the K1 event at the

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. Fix also won gold medals in the K1 and K1 team events at the

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. His wife

Gilda Montenegro Gilda Montenegro Conejo (born January 27, 1967) is a Costa Rican slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, her best finish was 26th in the K-1 event in Barcelona in 1992. Montenegro's husband, Oliver Fix of ...

competed for Costa Rica in two Summer Olympics in the women's slalom K1 event. Her best finish was 26th in

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in 1992.

World Cup individual podiums

References

DatabaseOlympics.com profile
* *Wallechinsky, David and Jamie Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Slalom Singles". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 495–6. 1973 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Augsburg Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub