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 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.

World Cup individual podiums

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