Violetta Oblinger-Peters

Violetta Oblinger-Peters (born 14 October 1977 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) 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).

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 3rd K1 2002 28 Jul 2002 Tacen 2nd K1 2003 3 Aug 2003 Bratislava 3rd K1 2006 4 Jun 2006 Augsburg 3rd K1 2007 30 Jun 2007 Prague 2nd K1 2009 3 Aug 2009 Kananaskis 3rd K11

1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points