The 2005

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...

were held in

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, in August 2005. Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200m, 500m and 1000m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only. This was the 34th championships in canoe sprint.

Highlights

The undoubted stars of the Zagreb event were

Natasa Janics Natasa Dusev-Janics ( sr-Latn, Nataša Dušev-Janić, sr-Cyrl, Наташа Душев-Јанић; born 24 June 1982) is a Hungarian Canoe sprint, sprint canoer who has competed for Hungary since 2001 and has won six Olympic medals in the spri ...

and

Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2 ...

of Hungary who completed an unprecedented clean sweep of all three women's K-2 events. In the men's events, the C-4 200 m final saw Maxim Opalev of Russia win the twelfth world championship gold of his career, thus equalling György Kolonics's record.

Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer (born 16 April 1972 in Neustrelitz, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German sprint canoeist. The dominant sprint canoeist of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals. Dittmer ...

of Germany retained both the world titles he had won in Gainesville (C-1 500 m and 1000m).

Ronald Rauhe Ronald Rauhe (born 3 October 1981) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 1997. Competing in six Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event (gold: 2004, silver: 2008, bronze: 2000). Rauhe has won 16 world ...

and

Tim Wieskötter Tim Wieskötter (born March 12, 1979, in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m ...

of Germany won their fourth consecutive K-2 500 m title, whilst compatriots

Christian Gille Christian Gille (born 6 January 1979, in Wolfen) is a German flatwater canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. A junior world champion (C-4 1000 m) in 1993, he won two senior world championship gold medals with T ...

and

Tomasz Wylenzek Tomasz Wylenzek ( pl, Tomasz Wylenżek) (born 9 January 1983 in Nowe Chechło, Silesia, Poland) is a German canoe racing, sprint canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. Wylenzek won two junior world championship t ...

followed up their C-2 1000 m 2004 Athens Olympic success with two golds (C-2 500 m and 1000 m). The championships also marked a change of generation as many stars had retired after the Olympics, especially in the women's events. Two-thirds of the winners at Zagreb were first-time gold medallists.

Birgit Fischer Birgit Fischer (; born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich and Isabell Werth, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East ...

won her last two of her record 38 medals, including a bronze in the K-2 200 m event with her niece, Fanny. Germany topped the medal table, winning 10 of the 27 gold medals, followed by Hungary with six golds, then Spain and Russia with two golds each.

Medal summary

Men's

Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Kayak

Women's

Non-Olympic classes

Kayak

Medal table

References

Official websiteResults of Canoe Sprint World Championships

International Canoe FederationICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.Results
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