Helmut Oblinger


Helmut Oblinger 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. Oblinger also competed at five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the [Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|K1 event] in Sydney in 2000.
His wife, Violetta, won a bronze medal in the women's K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
199813 September 1998La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
20002 July 2000Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre2ndK1
20009 July 2000La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
20013 June 2001Merano2ndK1
200110 June 2001Tacen3rdK1
200128 July 2001Augsburg3rdK1
200226 May 2002Guangzhou1stK1
200425 April 2004Athens3rdK1
200423 May 2004La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
200526 June 2005Tacen1stK11
20063 June 2006Augsburg2ndK1