Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger

Helmut Oblinger (2009)
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Austria
World Championships
2003 Augsburg K-1
European Championships
2005 Tacen K-1
2002 Bratislava K-1
1996 Augsburg K-1 team
2012 Augsburg K-1 team

Helmut Oblinger (born 14 March 1973 in Schärding) is an Austrian slalom canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 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 K-1 event in Sydney in 2000.

His wife, Violetta, won a bronze medal in the women's K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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