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2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 39th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 25 to 30 September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF). The competitions were held at the Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium which had also hosted the canoe slalom events of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Brazil hosted the event for the third time after the 1997 championships in Três Coroas and the 2007 championships in Foz do Iguaçu. It was the first World Championships not to feature the discontinued men's C2 event. Russia and Argentina won their first ever medals at the Canoe Slalom World Championships. Host nation Brazil won their first ever gold medal. Schedule 11 medal events were held. All times listed are UTC-3. Medal summary Medal table Men Canoe Kayak Women Canoe Kayak Mixed Canoe There were no heats for the Mixed C2 event. Only semifinal and final runs. The gate se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium
The Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium is a whitewater paddling venue, constructed to host the canoeing and kayaking slalom events for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The stadium is part of the 'X-Park' sport complex (which includes BMX and Mountain Bike) located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... Results of Olympic competition: C-1 men, C-2 men, K-1 men, K-1 women. References2016 Olympic venuesDeodoro X-Park Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeing venues Sports venues in Rio de Janeiro (city) Deodoro Olympic Park Artificial whitewater courses {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luka Božič
Luka Božič (born 9 January 1991) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C2: 2014, C1 team: 2022), a silver (C1 team: 2018) and four bronzes (C1: 2019, C2: 2009, C1 team: 2014, 2015). He also won three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the European Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he competed in the C2 event where he finished in 8th place after being eliminated in the semi-final. Four years later in Rio de Janeiro he finished in 7th place in the same event. His partner in the C2 boat was Sašo Taljat Sašo Taljat (born 22 September 1989) is a retired Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2006 to 2017. He won two medals in the C2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2014 and a bronz .... World Cup individual podiums References * – accessed 13 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Tunka
Ondřej Tunka (born 29 September 1990) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K1: 2017, K1 team: 2015, 2017) and a bronze (K1 team: 2018). He also won four gold medals at the European Championships, including a gold medal in kayak cross at the 2023 European Games in Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 .... World Cup individual podiums References External links * 1990 births Czech male canoeists Living people Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for the Czech Republic European Games medalists in canoeing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Pasiut
Michał Pasiut (born 29 June 1991) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He won three medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver (2018) and two bronzes (2019 and 2023). He also won three silver medals in the same event at the European Championships, including one at the 2023 European Games in Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 .... World Cup individual podiums References External links * Living people Polish male canoeists 1991 births Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Nowy Sącz Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Poland European Games medalists in canoeing {{Poland-canoe-bio-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz Polaczyk
Mateusz Polaczyk (born 22 January 1988) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004. Career Polaczyk finished 4th in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four silvers (K1: 2011, 2015; K1 team: 2013, 2018) and three bronzes (K1: 2013, K1 team: 2006, 2023). He also won three golds, three silvers and three bronzes at the European Championships, including a silver in the K1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 .... Personal life He has four brothers ( Grzegorz, Rafał, Henryk and Łukasz) and two sisters (Joanna Mędoń and Iwona) all of whom have competed in canoe slalom. World Cup individual podiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariusz Popiela
Dariusz Bogusław "Darek" Popiela (born 27 July 1985) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999. He represented Austria until 2002. Career Popiela won five medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (2013, 2018) and three bronzes (2006, 2019, 2023). He also won two golds, seven silvers and three bronzes at the European Championships, including a silver in the K1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. Popiela finished 8th in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. His father Bogusław and his uncle Henryk both represented Poland in canoe slalom. Aside from sports, Popiela is also involved in leading projects dedicated to restoring Jewish heritage sites in the Nowy Sącz region. In 2019, Popiela and his team of volunteers installed a memorial at the Jewish cemetery in Grybów Grybów ( uk, Грибів, ''Hrybiv''; german: Grünberg, ''Grynberk''; yi, גריבאו ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bowers (canoeist)
Christopher Bowers (born 30 July 1998) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2014. He won two medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2018 and a silver in 2022. He also won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 2021 European Championships in Ivrea Ivrea (; pms, Ivrèja ; ; lat, Eporedia) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it stradd .... World Cup individual podiums References External links * Living people English male canoeists 1998 births Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent European Games competitors for Great Britain Canoeists at the 2023 European Games {{UK-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Forbes-Cryans
Bradley Forbes-Cryans (born 25 March 1995) is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2012 to 2022. He won three medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2018, a silver in 2022 and a bronze in 2015. He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the European Championships. He earned his best senior world championship result, of 4th, at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell. Bradley represented Great Britain in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ..., finishing in 6th place. He announced his retirement from international competition before the start of the 2023 season. World Cup ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Clarke (canoeist)
Joseph Clarke, (born 3 November 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009, specializing in the K1 (kayak) and KX1 (extreme kayak/kayak cross) events. He is the 2016 Olympic champion in the K1 event, a double World champion in the kayak cross discipline, and has won medals at World and European Championships. Early life Clarke was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He first tried canoeing during a trip with The Scout Association at the age of eight. He then applied to join the Stafford and Stone Canoe Club, but was rejected for being too young. He was given the chance to reapply through his middle school's canoeing club during year six at Walton Priory Middle School, but as they only had eight places available which were greatly oversubscribed he was required to write a letter to demonstrate why he deserved a place. His application was successful and he began training with the club, competing in his first race in 2004 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Eigel
Pavel Pavlovich Eigel (russian: Павел Павлович Эйгель; born 1 March 1990) is a Russian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2005. Eigel won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. He also won the overall World Cup title in the Extreme K1 in 2018, the first season when this event counted for world cup points. He finished 9th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ... he participated in both the C1 and the K1 events, even though he does not normally compete in C1. He finished in the last 18th position in the C1 event after only starting in the first heat. He then finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Prskavec (canoeist, Born 1993)
Jiří Prskavec (; born 18 May 1993) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. Career Prskavec won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and gold in the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1: 2015, 2019; K1 team: 2015, 2017), four silvers (K1: 2013, 2018; K1 team: 2014, 2019) and a bronze (K1 team: 2018). He also won 12 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals at the European Championships. Prskavec won the overall World Cup title in the K1 class in 2018, 2019 and 2022. He finished the 2016, 2019 and 2020 seasons as the World No. 1. Prskavec competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Aigner
Hannes Aigner (born 19 March 1989 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. Career Aigner competed at three Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and again in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He also finished fourth in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Aigner won four gold medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, one in the K1 event (2018) and three in the K1 team event (2010, 2011, 2022). He also won 9 medals at the European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ... (1 gold, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes). World Cup individual podiums References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
