Kurt Liebhart

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Kurt Liebhart
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1954 MâconC-2 1000 m

Kurt Liebhart (Korneuburg, 22 August 1933 Klosterneuburg, 11 January 2010) was an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.

Competing in two Summer Olympics, Liebhart earned his best finish of sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at Helsinki in 1952.

Paired with Herwig Dirnböck, he finished ninth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

He was the brother of Gertrude Liebhart and the nephew of Karl Molnar, both also Olympic canoeists representing Austria (at the 1952 and 1948 Summer Olympics respectively).

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