Kurt Presslmayr

Kurt Presslmayr
Medal record
Men's slalom canoeing
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Spittal K-1
Gold medal – first place 1971 Meran K-1 team
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Spittal K-1 team

Kurt Presslmayr (Steyr, 6 February 1943) is an Austrian retired slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, with two golds (K-1: 1965, K-1 team: 1971) and a bronze (K-1 team: 1965).

Presslmayr also finished tenth in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

He was named Austrian Sportsman of the Year in 1965.

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kurt Presslmayr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Kurt Presslmayr at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata


Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportsman of the Year
1965
Succeeded by