.jpg) Leitner at the 2019 Canoe Slalom World Championships. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 February 1997 Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | K1, Extreme K1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | KC Glanegg[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jernej Abramič[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mario Leitner (born 2 February 1997) is an Austrian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012.[4]
He won a bronze medal in extreme K1 at the 2021 World Championships in Bratislava. He also won a silver medal in the same event at the 2022 European Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš.
Leitner finished 13th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
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 older sister Lisa also competes in canoe slalom.[3]
