Mario Leitner

Mario Leitner

Leitner in 2016
Personal information
Born 2 February 1997 (1997-02-02) (age 19)
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoe sprint
Club KC Glanegg[2]
Coached by Jernej Abramič[2]

Mario Leitner (born 2 February 1997) is an Austrian slalom canoeist who has competed since 2012.[3] He placed 13th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Leitner was introduced to canoeing by his father at age three, and joined a club aged five. In 2014 he won the Austrian Youth Sports Award after winning a gold medal at the junior world championships. He was the first male Austrian canoeist to win that title. His sister Lisa also competes in canoe slalom.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 Mario Leitner. rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 3 Mario Leitner. nbcolympics.com
  3. "Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net". Retrieved 4 September 2016.


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