Sophia Jensen

Sophia Jensen (born September 18, 2001) is a Canadian sprint canoeist. She has been a member of the Canoe Kayak Canada sprint national team since 2017.[1] Jensen is considered to be an important figure in women's sprint canoe worldwide and, in 2019, she was named National Female Athlete of the Year at the Sports Québec annual gala.[2]

Sophia Jensen
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2001-09-18) September 18, 2001
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Years active2016–present (in international competition)
Websitesophiajensen.com
Sport
CountryCanada
SportCanoe sprint
Event(s)C-1, C-2 and C-4
ClubCascades Canoe Club
PartnerJulia Lilley Osende (women's C-2) and Alix Plomteux (mixed C-2)
Former partner(s)Anna Roy-Cyr (2021 season)
Coached by
  • Jan Kruk
  • Fred Loyer
  • Adam Mayo
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint

 Canada

World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 DartmouthC-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 DartmouthC-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 DuisburgC-4 500 m
ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Montemor-o-VelhoC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2021 Montemor-o-VelhoMixed C-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2021 Montemor-o-VelhoC-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2021 Montemor-o-VelhoC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2019 PitestiC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2019 PitestiC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2019 PitestiC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2018 PlovdivC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2018 PlovdivC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2018 PlovdivC-2 500 m
Pan American Canoe Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 IbarraC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2017 IbarraC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2017 IbarraC-1 1000 m

Sophia Jensen competes in women's C-1 as well as with her current partner Julia Lilley Osende, from the canoe club Mic Mac AAC Canoe Club, in the women's C-2 event.[3] During the 2021 season, Jensen competed with her now former partner Anna Roy-Cyr, from the Lac-Beauport Canoe Club , whilst Osende had temporarily withdrawn from competition.[4] Jensen currently trains out of Cascades Canoe Club in Chelsea, Québec, Canada.[5]

Career

Jensen began sprint canoe at the age of 12 at Cascades Canoe Club after having moved to Chelsea, Quebec. In 2016, Jensen made her international debut at the Olympic Hopes Regatta in Szeged, Hungary, where she won the gold medal in women's C-1 200m, C-1 500m, C-2 500m and C-2 1000m. She also won the silver medal in C-1 1000m and bronze in C-2 200m in Szeged. In 2017, at the Pan American Canoe Championships in Ibarra, Ecuador, Sophia Jensen dominated women's canoe by winning gold in the C-1 200m, C-1 500m and C-1 1000m events.[6]

Sophia Jensen also won gold in the C-1 200m, C-1 500m and C-2 500m events at the 2018 ICF Sprint Canoe Junior and U23 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[7]

At the 2019 ICF Sprint Canoe Junior and U23 World Championships in Pitești, Romania. Jensen won the gold medal in the C-1 200m, C-1 500m and C-2 500m events.[8]

In 2021, at the ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Sophia Jensen won gold in the Women's C-1 200m as well as silver in the Women's C-4 500m and bronze in the Women's C-2 500m. Finally, Jensen won the gold medal in the mixed C-2 500m with her partner Alix Plomteux.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Sprint Teams | Canoe Kayak Canada". canoekayak.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  2. "Galas antérieurs". September 2020.
  3. "Canoe Kayak Canada Named Canoe Sprint Best Junior and U23 Women Canoe Federation at World Championships | Canoe Kayak Canada".
  4. "Une médaille de bronze pour Anna Roy-Cyr". September 4, 2021.
  5. "Sprint Teams | Canoe Kayak Canada". canoekayak.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  6. "Canada's Sprint Canoe Clubs".
  7. "Sophia Jensen | Canadian Woman Canoeist |2018–2019 World Champion". Sophia Jensen | Canadian Woman Canoeist |2018–2019 World Champion. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  8. "2019 Icf Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships".
  9. https://timetable.canoesprintportugal.com/index.php?gmt=-4&gmt2=240
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