Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger (2009)
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Augsburg K1
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tacen K1
Silver medal – second place 2002 Bratislava K1
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Augsburg K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 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.

  1. ^ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 16 September 2017.