The sport of whitewater slalom lost one of its legends this past week: Austrian kayaker Norbert Sattler passed away Thursday at age 71. Sattler won the gold medal in team competition at the 1971 world championships at Merano, Italy, and claimed the individual gold two years later at Muotathal, Switzerland, where this photo was taken. The world championships was a biennial event in that era.
He also was the K1 silver medalist at the 1972 Olympics at Augsburg, West Germany.
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