Viktoria "Vicki" Schwarz (born 2 July 1985 in

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) is an

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who has competed since the mid-2000s. She has won three medals in the K-2 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, a gold in

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, a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. The silver medal was won with Petra Schlitzer, while the gold and bronze were won with

Yvonne Schuring Yvonne Schuring (born 4 January 1978 in Wolfen, East Germany) is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. Together with teammate Viktoria Schwarz, she won gold at the 2011 World Championships in the K-2 500 m event. She ...

. Schwarz and Schuring also finished ninth in the K-2 500 m event at the

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. At the

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, the team of Schwarz and Schuring improved to 5th place.

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1985 births Austrian female canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Austria ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Linz European Games competitors for Austria Canoeists at the 2019 European Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Austrian women {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub