ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years. The 2001 championships were scheduled to take place in Ducktown, Tennessee (East of Chattanooga) from 20 to 23 September, but were canceled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[1]

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
GenreCanoeing
FrequencyAnnual, except for Olympic years
Location(s)Varies (see Host cities in prose)
Inaugurated1949
Previous event2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Next event2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
ParticipantsMen and women
Organised byInternational Canoe Federation

Men race in single kayaks (K1) and single canoes (C1) both individually and in teams. Women race in K1 both individually and in teams and since the 2010 championships also in C1 individually. A team event was scheduled for those championships, but it was canceled because of weather conditions. The first women's C1 team event took place at the 2011 world championships, but no medals were awarded. The first medals in this event were awarded in 2013.

The men's C2 event was removed from the World Championships before the 2018 edition.[2] The mixed C2 event was reinstated in 2017 after a 36-year hiatus, but it only lasted until 2019. The kayak cross events for men and women were first introduced in 2017 (as extreme kayak).

Editions
#YearHost CityHost CountryEvents
1 1949Geneva  Switzerland8
2 1951Steyr Austria8
3 1953Meran Italy8
4 1955Tacen Yugoslavia9
5 1957Augsburg West Germany10
6 1959Geneva  Switzerland9
7 1961Hainsberg East Germany8
8 1963Spittal an der Drau Austria9
9 1965Spittal an der Drau Austria10
10 1967Lipno Czechoslovakia9
11 1969Bourg St.-Maurice France10
12 1971Meran Italy9
13 1973Muotathal  Switzerland9
14 1975Skopje Yugoslavia9
15 1977Spittal an der Drau Austria9
16 1979Jonquière, Quebec Canada8
17 1981Bala United Kingdom9
18 1983Meran Italy8
19 1985Augsburg West Germany8
20 1987Bourg St.-Maurice France8
21 1989Savage River, Pittsburgh USA8
22 1991Tacen Yugoslavia8
23 1993Mezzana Italy8
24 1995Nottingham United Kingdom8
25 1997Três Coroas Brazil8
26 1999La Seu d'Urgell Spain8
27 2002Bourg St.-Maurice France8
28 2003Augsburg Germany8
29 2005Penrith, New South Wales Australia7
30 2006Prague Czech Republic8
31 2007Foz do Iguaçu Brazil8
32 2009La Seu d'Urgell Spain8
33 2010Tacen Slovenia9
34 2011Bratislava Slovakia9
35 2013Prague Czech Republic10
36 2014Deep Creek Lake, Pittsburgh USA9
37 2015London United Kingdom10
38 2017Pau France12
39 2018Rio de Janeiro Brazil11
40 2019La Seu d'Urgell Spain9
2019Prague (Extreme) Czech Republic2
41 2021Bratislava Slovakia10
42 2022Augsburg Germany10
43 2023London United Kingdom10
44 2025Penrith, New South Wales Australia
45 2026Oklahoma City USA

Lists of medalists

Most successful paddlers

Top 10 male and female paddlers with the best medal record including the team events are listed below. Boldface denotes active paddlers and the highest number of medals per type, as of the 2023 championships.

Men
Rank Athlete Country Event(s) From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Michal Martikán  Slovakia C1, C1 team 1995 2019 15 3 5 23
2 Jon Lugbill  United States C1, C1 team 1979 1991 12 1 0 13
3 Alexander Slafkovský  Slovakia C1, C1 team 2003 2022 10 5 1 16
4 Richard Fox  Great Britain K1, K1 team 1979 1993 10 0 1 11
5 Matej Beňuš  Slovakia C1, C1 team 2009 2022 9 1 2 12
6 David Hearn  United States C1, C1 team 1979 1995 8 5 0 13
7 Fabien Lefèvre  France,  United States C1, C2, K1, C2 team, K1 team 2002 2014 7 5 2 14
8 Manfred Merkel  East Germany C2, Mixed C2, C2 team 1959 1967 7 0 0 7
9 Pavol Hochschorner  Slovakia C2, C2 team 1999 2014 6 4 4 14
Peter Hochschorner  Slovakia C2, C2 team 1999 2014 6 4 4 14

Women
Rank Athlete Country Event(s) From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Jessica Fox  Australia C1, K1, Kayak cross, C1 team, K1 team 2010 2023 14 5 3 22
2 Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi  France K1, K1 team 1983 1995 8 2 0 10
3 Mallory Franklin  Great Britain C1, K1, C1 team, K1 team 2013 2023 7 5 4 16
4 Štěpánka Hilgertová  Czechoslovakia,  Czech Republic K1, K1 team 1989 2015 7 5 2 14
5 Kimberley Woods  Great Britain C1, K1, Kayak cross, C1 team, K1 team 2015 2023 6 3 4 13
6 Ludmila Polesná  Czechoslovakia K1, K1 team 1961 1975 4 5 2 11
7 Jasmin Schornberg  Germany K1, K1 team 2006 2022 4 3 4 11
8 Ricarda Funk  Germany K1, K1 team 2015 2022 4 2 2 8
9 Ursula Gläser  East Germany K1, K1 team 1959 1965 4 1 0 5
10 Tereza Fišerová  Czech Republic C1, Mixed C2, C1 team 2015 2023 3 4 3 10

Most successful paddlers in individual events

Top 10 male and female paddlers with the best medal record excluding the team events are listed below. Boldface denotes active paddlers and the highest number of medals per type. As of the 2023 championships.

Men
Rank Athlete Country Event(s) From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Jon Lugbill  United States C1 1979 1989 5 1 0 6
2 Pavol Hochschorner  Slovakia C2 2002 2011 5 0 2 7
Peter Hochschorner  Slovakia C2 2002 2011 5 0 2 7
4 Richard Fox  Great Britain K1 1979 1993 5 0 1 6
5 Michal Martikán  Slovakia C1 1995 2017 4 3 4 11
6 Manfred Merkel  East Germany C2, Mixed C2 1959 1965 4 0 0 4
Joseph Clarke  Great Britain K1, Kayak cross 2021 2023 4 0 0 4
8 Fabien Lefèvre  France,  United States C1, C2, K1 2002 2014 3 3 1 7
9 Tony Estanguet  France C1 2003 2010 3 3 0 6
10 Manfred Schubert  East Germany C1 1957 1965 3 1 1 5

Women
Rank Athlete Country Event(s) From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Jessica Fox  Australia C1, K1, Kayak cross 2010 2023 10 4 2 16
2 Ludmila Polesná  Czechoslovakia K1 1961 1971 4 1 0 5
3 Mallory Franklin  Great Britain C1, K1 2013 2023 2 5 1 8
4 Jana Dukátová  Slovakia C1, K1 2006 2017 2 3 0 5
5 Ricarda Funk  Germany K1 2015 2022 2 1 2 5
6 Štěpánka Hilgertová  Czech Republic K1 1997 2007 2 1 1 4
7 Elizabeth Sharman  Great Britain K1 1979 1987 2 1 0 3
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi  France K1 1987 1993 2 1 0 3
9 Angelika Bahmann  East Germany K1 1971 1977 2 0 1 3
10 Marietta Gillman  United States Mixed C2 1975 1977 2 0 0 2
Corinna Kuhnle  Austria K1 2010 2011 2 0 0 2
Andrea Herzog  Germany C1 2019 2022 2 0 0 2

Medal table

As of the 2023 Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France616139161
2 East Germany494230121
3 Germany35313298
4 Czech Republic35282487
5 Great Britain35243796
6 Czechoslovakia334541119
7 West Germany25262677
8 United States25232068
9 Slovakia25231967
10 Austria15121441
11 Australia157527
12 Slovenia871631
13  Switzerland791935
14 Poland5131533
15 Italy47819
16 Yugoslavia25714
17 Spain17816
18 Brazil1124
19 Canada1102
20 Russia0246
21 Netherlands0213
22 New Zealand0123
23 China0101
 Croatia0101
25 Andorra0011
 Argentina0011
 Morocco0011
Russian Canoe Federation0011
Totals (28 entries)3823793731134

See also

References
  1. Robertson, Jason. "2001 World Championships Cancelled". American Whitewater. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. "ICF to provide extra focus on C2 mixed slalom". CanoeICF.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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