Ursula "Uschi" Profanter (

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

, March 22, 1968) is an

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sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

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 The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook. The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak ] A kayak is a small, narrow human-pow ...

in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events. Profanter also competed in three

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at

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* 1968 births Austrian female canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Austria ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Graz {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub