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.

References

• Beijing2008 profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile