Corinna Kuhnle

Corinna Kuhnle (born 4 July 1987 in Vienna) is a former Austrian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2002 to 2024. She is a three-time Olympian and two-time World Champion in K1.

Career Kuhnle won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2010, 2011), two silvers (K1 team: 2014, 2017) and a bronze (K1 team: 2005).

She also won two golds, six silvers and three bronzes at the European Championships.

Kuhnle won the overall World Cup title in the K1 category in 2014 and 2015.

Kuhnle competed at three Olympic Games. She finished 8th in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Four years later in Rio de Janeiro she finished in 5th place in the same event. She also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 10th in the K1 event and 33rd in kayak cross.

Corinna Kuhnle at the 2019 canoe slalom World Championships.

World Cup individual podiums Total K1 5 8 3 16 Kayak cross 1 1 0 2 Total 6 9 3 18

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2009 3 August 2009 Kananaskis 1st K11 2010 20 February 2010 Penrith 1st K12 2011 10 July 2011 Markkleeberg 2nd K1 2013 18 August 2013 Tacen 2nd K1 2014 8 June 2014 Lee Valley 2nd K1 15 June 2014 Tacen 3rd K1 3 August 2014 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1 2015 28 June 2015 Kraków 2nd K1 9 August 2015 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1 16 August 2015 Pau 3rd K1 2016 5 June 2016 Ivrea 3rd K1 11 September 2016 Tacen 2nd K1 2018 23 June 2018 Liptovský Mikuláš 2nd K1 1 September 2018 Tacen 1st K1 2019 22 June 2019 Bratislava 1st K1 2021 13 June 2021 Prague 1st Kayak cross 2022 26 June 2022 Tacen 2nd Kayak cross 2023 6 October 2023 Vaires-sur-Marne 2nd K1

1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points 2 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points