Helmut Oblinger
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Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe slalom | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
World Championships | ||
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2003 Augsburg | K1 |
European Championships | ||
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2005 Tacen | K1 |
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2002 Bratislava | K1 |
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1996 Augsburg | K1 team |
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2012 Augsburg | K1 team |
Helmut Oblinger (born 14 March 1973, in Schärding) is an Austrian slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to 2015.
He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. He also has four medals from the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes). Oblinger also competed at five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.[1]
His wife, Violetta, won a bronze medal in the women's K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
World Cup individual podiums[]
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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1998 | 13 Sep 1998 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | K1 |
2000 | 2 Jul 2000 | Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre | 2nd | K1 |
9 Jul 2000 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | K1 | |
2001 | 3 Jun 2001 | Merano | 2nd | K1 |
10 Jun 2001 | Tacen | 3rd | K1 | |
28 Jul 2001 | Augsburg | 3rd | K1 | |
2002 | 26 May 2002 | Guangzhou | 1st | K1 |
2004 | 25 Apr 2004 | Athens | 3rd | K1 |
23 May 2004 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | K1 | |
2005 | 26 Jun 2005 | Tacen | 1st | K11 |
2006 | 3 Jun 2006 | Augsburg | 2nd | K1 |
- 1 European Championship counting for World Cup points
References[]
- Beijing2008 profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helmut Oblinger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-29.
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Schärding District
- Austrian male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists of Austria
- Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
- Sportspeople from Upper Austria
- Austrian canoeist stubs