Ursula Profanter

Summary

Ursula "Uschi" Profanter (Graz, March 22, 1968) is an Austrian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). She won two bronze medals at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events.

Ursula Profanter
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1968-03-22) 22 March 1968 (age 56)
Graz, Austria
Sport
SportCanoeing
Event(s)[èCanoe sprint]
Wildwater canoeing
Medal record
Women's Canoe sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth K-1 1000 m
Wildwater canoeing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 3 3 3
European Championships 0 1 0
Total 3 4 3

Profanter also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

References edit

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Sports-reference.com profile
  • Ursula Profanter at Olympedia