Manuel Köhler (born 25 April 1969 in

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n slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s (decade). He won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in

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. Competing in three

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, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K1 event in

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. Since 2009 he participates in kayak expeditions. Some of his trips can be seen on his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58JGpx0D-SgSjZ_N89hUEA/videos?view_as=subscriber Currently working as sports and geography teacher on highschool BORG Monsberger in Graz, Austria.

World Cup individual podiums

References

Sports-Reference.com profile
* 1969 births Austrian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Austria 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub