Canoe Kayak Canada – OTTAWA, ONTARIO (May 1, 2018) – Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) is pleased to announce several additions to the Canadian Team that will be representing Canada at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cups at the end of May.
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“The senior athletes added will provide flexibility in assessing our potential for crews to meet the Senior World Championship performance standard and the U23 athletes selected will gain valuable international competition experience as they develop toward being part of our Olympic Team in 2024,” explained Chief Technical Officer, Graham Barton.
The International Canoe Federation’s Sprint and Paracanoe World Cups will be held in Szeged, Hungary and Duisburg, Germany over two consecutive weekends starting May 18.
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Team Announcement
Men’s Canoe
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Athlete
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Hometown
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Club
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U23
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Bret Himmelman
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Bedford, NS
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Maskwa
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U23
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Connor Fitzpatrick
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Dartmouth, NS
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Senobe
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U23
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Craig Spence
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Dartmouth, NS
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Cheema
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SR
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Drew Hodges
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Ottawa, ON
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Rideau
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U23
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Evan Bezemer
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Mississauga, ON
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Mississauga
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SR
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Mark James
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Dartmouth, NS
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Senobe
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SR
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Roland Varga
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Aurora, ON
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Richmond Hill
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U23
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Stephen Frodsham
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Ottawa, ON
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Rideau
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U23
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Tom Hall
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Waverly, NS
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Cheema
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Women’s Canoe
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Athlete
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Hometown
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Club
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U23
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Anna Roy-Cyr
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Lac Beauport, QC
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Lac Beauport
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U23
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Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent
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Trois-Rivières, QC
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Trois-Rivières
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U23
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Hannah MacIntosh
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Dartmouth, NS
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Senobe
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U23
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Katie Vincent
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Mississauga, ON
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Mississauga
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SR
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Laurence Vincent-Lapointe
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Trois-Rivières, QC
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Trois-Rivières
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U23
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Nadya Crossman-Serb
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Winnipeg, MB
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Winnipeg
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U23
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Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh
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Ottawa, ON
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Rideau
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Men’s Kayak
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Athlete
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Hometown
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Club
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U23
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Alexander Scott
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Bedford, NS
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Maskwa
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SR
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Jarret Kenke
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Saskatoon, SK
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Saskatoon
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SR
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Mark De Jonge
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Halifax, NS
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Maskwa
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U23
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Marshall Hughes
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Waverly, NS
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Cheema
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U23
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Nicholas Matveev
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Toronto, OM
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Balmy Beach
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U23
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Pierre-Luc Poulin
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Lac Beauport, QC
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Lac Beauport
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SR
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Ryan Cochrane
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Windsor, NS
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Lac Beauport
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Women’s Kayak
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Athlete
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Hometown
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Club
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SR
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Alanna Bray-Lougheed
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Oakville, ON
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Burloak
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SR
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Andréanne Langlois
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Québec, QC
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Trois-Rivières
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SR
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Courtney Stott
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Pickering, ON
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Balmy Beach
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SR
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Lissa Bissonnette
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Sherbrooke, QC
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Pointe-Claire
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U23
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Madeleine Schmidt
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Ottawa, ON
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Rideau
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SR
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Michelle Russell
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Fall River, NS
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Cheema
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SR
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Natalie Davison
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Manotick, ON
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Rideau
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Men’s Paracanoe
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Athlete
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Hometown
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Club
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SR
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Mathieu St. Pierre
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Shawinigan, QC
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Shawinigan
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SR
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Trinity Tratch
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Calgary, AB
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Calgary
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For more information :
Joannie Verret
Communications Coordinator
jverret@canoekayak.ca
(418) 271-3785
