Manuel Köhler Explained

Manuel Köhler (born 25 April 1969 in Salzburg) is an Austrian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s (decade). He won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg.

Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.

Since 2009 he participates in kayak expeditions. Some of his trips can be seen on his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58JGpx0D-SgSjZ_N89hUEA/videos?view_as=subscriber

Currently working as sports and geography teacher on highschool BORG Monsberger in Graz, Austria.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
1993 1 Aug 1993 bgcolor=silver2nd K1
1995 2 Jul 1995 bgcolor=silver2nd K1
9 Jul 1995 bgcolor=gold1st K1
1997 6 Jul 1997 bgcolor=gold1st K1
1999 20 Jun 1999 3rd K1
2000 9 Jul 2000 3rd K1

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