!!!Kanusport

Canoeing, sport for both sexes, comprises canoe racing (shallow 
water), canoe slalom, and canoe touring, as well as wild water sport 
and alpine wild water sport. The boats used are kayaks, Canadian 
canoes, or foldboats (also: faltboat), with single or double-bladed 
paddles. Canoeing developed at the end of the 19%%sup th/%  century 
from  Rowing; the Austrian Canoe Association was established in 1922. 
Austria's greatest success in canoeing occurred when G.  Hradetzky, A. 
Dorfner, and A. Kainz won three gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. The 
Austrian Canoe Association (Oesterreichische Kanuverband, OeKV) 
comprises 52 clubs with a total of 4521 members (as of 1993).

!Publications
Oesterreichischer Kanusport, 1952ff.


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