Helmut Oblinger (born 14 March 1973 in Schärding) 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 (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes). Oblinger also competed at five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.[1]
His wife, Violetta, won a bronze medal in the women's K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
| Total | |||||
| K1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 September 1998 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | ||
| 2000 | 2 July 2000 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | ||
| 9 July 2000 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | |||
| 2001 | 3 June 2001 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | ||
| 10 June 2001 | 3rd | K1 | ||||
| 28 July 2001 | 3rd | K1 | ||||
| 2002 | 26 May 2002 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K1 | ||
| 2004 | 25 April 2004 | 3rd | K1 | |||
| 23 May 2004 | 3rd | K1 | ||||
| 2005 | 26 June 2005 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K11 | ||
| 2006 | 3 June 2006 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 |
1 European Championship counting for World Cup points