Violetta Oblinger-Peters

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Violetta Oblinger-Peters
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Violetta Oblinger-Peters with her medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Personal information
Nationality Austrian
Born (1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 44)
Schwerte, West Germany
Sport
CountryAustria
Sport Canoe slalom
Event(s)K1

Violetta Oblinger-Peters (born 14 October 1977 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) [1] is a German-born, Austrian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1995. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K1 event in Beijing in 2008.

Oblinger-Peters also won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (K1: 2010, K1 team: 2005). She won three medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze). [2]

Her husband, Helmut, competed at the Olympics, as did her father Wolfgang and uncle Ulrich.

In April 2009 she and her husband became parents of a boy.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2001 10 Jun 2001 Tacen 3rdK1
2002 28 Jul 2002 Tacen 2ndK1
2003 3 Aug 2003 Bratislava 3rdK1
2006 4 Jun 2006 Augsburg 3rdK1
2007 30 Jun 2007 Prague 2ndK1
2009 3 Aug 2009 Kananaskis 3rdK1 1
1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

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References

  1. "Sports-Reference.com profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.