Oliver Fix

{{short description|German slalom canoeist|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1990 Tavanasa|K1 team}}

{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Atlanta|K1}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Nottingham|K1}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Nottingham|K1 team}}

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Oliver Fix (born 21 June 1973 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 1996. He won a gold medal in the K1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Fix also won gold medals in the K1 and K1 team events at the 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Nottingham.{{cite web|title=Oliver FIX|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_45f|website=CanoeSlalom.net|access-date=30 December 2017}}

His wife Gilda Montenegro competed for Costa Rica in two Summer Olympics in the women's slalom K1 event. Her best finish was 26th in Barcelona in 1992.{{cite web|title=Oliver Fix|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/oliver-fix-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223936/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/oliver-fix-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=30 December 2017}}

World Cup individual podiums

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1993align=right| 1 Aug 1993align=left| Augsburgbgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
rowspan=3| 1994align=right| 26 Jun 1994align=left| Nottinghambgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
align=right| 10 Jul 1994align=left| Bourg St.-Mauricebgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
align=right| 17 Jul 1994align=left| La Seu d'Urgellbgcolor=gold|1stK1
rowspan=2| 1995align=right| 9 Jul 1995align=left| Mezzanabgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
align=right| 16 Jul 1995align=left| Loferbgcolor=gold|1stK1

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135825/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FIXOLI01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
  • {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jamie Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Slalom Singles". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 495–6.

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Category:1973 births

Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:German male canoeists

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic canoeists for Germany

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany

Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing

Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Augsburg

Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

Category:20th-century German sportsmen

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