Violetta Oblinger-Peters
Violetta Oblinger-Peters (born October 14, 1977 in Schwerte , Germany ) is an Austrian canoeist . In 2008 she was third in the Olympic canoe slalom .
Life
Her father Wolfgang Peters was a three-time world champion in single canoeing , an uncle was a double runner-up in kayaking. However, Violetta Peters only discovered her love for this sport when she acted as a guardian when her younger brother paddled in her father's channel. In 1994 she met the Austrian slalom canoeist Helmut Oblinger while paddling in Lofer , and in 1999 the two married. You live in Schärding , Upper Austria . In 2003, Oblinger-Peters completed her studies in economics, language and culture at the University of Passau with the title of Diplom-Kulturwirtin . Since autumn 2004 she has been studying psychology at the University of Salzburg .
Violetta Peters was German Junior Team Champion in 1994 and 1995. Until 1996 she started internationally for Germany and in 1995 she finished 17th in the single kayak at the Junior European Championships . In 1997 she took part for the first time for Austria in an international championship and was 28th at the World Championships in Três Coroas . Her greatest achievement so far was winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . Previously, she had to laboriously fight back to the top after the beginning of 2008 in Linz General Hospital , a heart rhythm disorder by cardiac catheterization Fixed -Eingriff. After becoming the mother of a boy in 2009, she finished fifth at the World Cup in La Seu d'Urgell that year . At the 2010 World Championships in Tacen , Slovenia , she won the bronze medal behind her compatriot Corinna Kuhnle and the overall Slovak World Cup winner Jana Dukátová .
Sporting successes
Olympic games:
- Olympic Games Sydney 2000 : 15th place
- Olympic Games Athens 2004 : 12th place
- Olympic Games Beijing 2008 : Bronze
World Championships:
- 1997: 28th place (individual)
- 1999: 30th place (individual)
- 2002: 16th place (individual)
- 2003: 30th place (individual)
- 2005: 18th place (individual) / bronze (team)
- 2006: 10th place (individual) / 6th place (team)
- 2007: 16th place (individual) / 11th place (team)
- 2009: 5th place (individual) / 6th place (team)
- 2010: Bronze (individual) / 13th place (team)
- 2011: 6th place (individual) / 4th place (team)
European Championships:
- 1998: 23rd place (individual)
- 2000: 23rd place (individual)
- 2002: 6th place (individual)
- 2005: 4th place (individual) / bronze (team)
- 2006: 16th place (individual)
- 2007: Gold (individual) / 7th place (team)
- 2008: 19th place (individual) / 6th place (team)
- 2010: 11th place (individual) / 8th place (team)
- 2011: 22nd place (individual) / silver (team)
World Cup:
- World Cup Tacen 2001: 3rd place
- World Cup Tacen 2002: 2nd place
- Overall World Cup 2002: 5th place
- Overall World Cup 2003: 5th place
- World Cup Final Bratislava 2003: 3rd place
- Overall World Cup 2007: 3rd place
- Overall World Cup 2008: 3rd place
Best world ranking position: 3rd place (2003)
National successes:
- Nine times Austrian champion
- Upper Austrian "Sportswoman of the Year" 2000
Awards
- 2006: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria
- 2009: Gold Medal of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria
Web links
- Official website
- Violetta Oblinger-Peters in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- International results
- National results
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b OÖN of August 16, 2008, A medal made of stones
- ↑ Kuhnle paddles to the world title sport.orf.at, September 11, 2010
- ↑ State correspondence No. 71 of March 26, 2009, accessed on May 5, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oblinger-Peters, Violetta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peters, Violetta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian canoeist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerte , Germany |