2021 Sprint and Paracanoe World Championship Teams Announced
Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) is pleased to announce the 2021 Sprint World Championship teams – Senior, Para, Under 23, Junior and Olympic Hopes.
Following a week of exciting racing at the 2021 Sprint National Championships at the Rideau Canoe Club, athletes were selected based on their performances in their respective events throughout the week.
The Senior World Championship team and Para team will compete in Copenhagen, Denmark from September 15-19 with several Tokyo 2020 Olympians returning to competition, including women’s C2 bronze medallist, Katie Vincent.
The U23 and Junior World Championship team will be flying out to Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal for their start of their event from September 3-6th. Five U23 athletes will also be competing at the Senior World Championships one week later.
The Olympic Hopes Regatta will take place in Racice, Czech Republic from September 10-12th, 2021.
“It was very exciting to see so many talented paddlers back in action here in Canada following such a long hiatus,” said Chief Technical Officer, Graham Barton. “It will be great to return to international competition with many of our Tokyo Olympians and future 2024 and 2028 Olympic hopefuls in action. We are confident our COVID safeguards, combined with the host organizing committee protocols, will offer a safe environment for all of our travelling teams.”
For more information on the upcoming ICF events, click here.
2021 SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
| Women’s Kayak | Men’s Kayak | Women’s Canoe | Men’s Canoe |
| Michelle Russell | Simon McTavish | Katie Vincent | Connor Fitzpatrick |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed | Nicolas Matveev | Sophia Jensen | Roland Varga |
| Madeline Schmidt | Pierre-Luc Poulin | Anna Roy Cyr | Craig Spence |
| Courtney Stott | Brian Malfesi | Alix Plomteux | |
| Natalie Davison | Vincent Jourdenais | Tyler Laidlaw | |
| Riley Melanson | Mitchell Barran | ||
| Laurent Lavigne | |||
| Alex Scott |
Para Canoe
| Mathieu St. Pierre |
| Erica Scarff |
| Gabriel Ferron Bouius |
| Stefan Samoila |
U23
| Women’s Kayak | Men’s Kayak | Women’s Canoe | Men’s Canoe |
| Sarah Nagy | Alex Canning | Sophia Jensen | Andrew Billard |
| Adriana Lilley Osende | Jack Hall | Sloan MacKenzie | Connor Fitzpatrick |
| Riley Melanson | Laurent Lavigne | Anna Roy Cyr | Ydris Hunter |
| Anna Negulic | David Stewart | Anne Sophie Lavoie Parent | Alix Plomteux |
| Grace Whebby | Alexandre Martin |
Junior
| Women’s Kayak | Men’s Kayak | Women’s Canoe | Men’s Canoe |
| Toshka Besahara | Jason Burkholder | Geneva Bond | Emile Bouvier |
| Charlotte Brais | Ian Gaudet | Ava Carew | Kieran Graham |
| Kristiane Free | Craig Johnson | Evie McDonald | Zachary Kralik |
| Cassidy MacPherson | Cole Parsons | Ella Hodgson Pageau | Austin Pigeon |
| Emily Parsons | Lucas Stein |
2021 Olympic Hopes Team Men’s Canoe
| U17 | U16 |
| Austin Pigeon | Nikkita Ciudin |
| Peter Bradley | Nicholas Shirokov |
| Viktor Hardy | Jack Chambers |
| Zachary Kralik | Mark Vucina |
| Emile Bouvier |
Women’s Canoe
| U17 | U16 |
| Aja Deeble | Élizabeth Desrosier-McArthur |
| Keisa Bleiler | Ruby Muhl |
| Janina Winnicki | Veronica So |
| Sarah Neville | Zoe Wojtyk |
Women’s Kayak
| U17 | U16 |
| Charlotte Brais | Alina Tverie |
| Marie-Pier Hallé | Ivy Murphy |
| Eva Looper | Callie Loch |
| Raine Myers | Florence Hamel |
| Florence Croteau | Mia Giles |
Men’s Kayak
| U17 | U16 |
| Alex Erith-Ellwood | Carson Corey |
| Louis-A Couture | Graeme Grant |
| Jeremy Lantz | Ethan Firth |
| Devin Kinnaird | Braden Lawrence |
| Raphël Côté | Thomas Beauregard |
About Canoe Kayak Canada
Canoe Kayak Canada is the national governing body for competitive paddling in Canada, one of Canada’s top performing summer sports with a total of 24 Olympic medals, and a leader in the Paralympic movement. Canoe Kayak Canada is a member-based organization that includes an intricate network of clubs as well as provincial, territorial and divisional paddling associations. Elite National Team athletes proudly represent Canada at various competitions around the globe – most notably the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Pan American Games, ICF World Cups as well as Junior, Under 23 and Senior World Championships.