The Canoe Sprint European Championships (or European Canoe Sprint Championships) is an international

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and

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event organized by the

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(ECA). It was first held in 1933 in

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under the auspices of the

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. In 1997, the European Championships were resumed, and now take place annually. The most titled athlete of the European Championships is Hungarian

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 ...

, who has 29 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in her record. Among men, the number of wins is led by German

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 ...

, who won the European championships 17 times.

Summary

*Paracanoe only, since Canoe Sprint was included in the

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Notes

* The 1963 world championships were designated that year's European championships. * The ECA chose not to organise the 2019 championships because of the

, so a separate Paracanoe European Championships were held as a result. * The 2020 championships were cancelled due to the

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. * Paracanoe added to the 2010 championships, then subsequent championships from 2013 onwards: http://www.europecanoeevents.com/events/results * Results from 1933 to 1969: http://www.canoeresults.eu/view-results/sprint

European Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Championships

Medal table

Canoe (1933 - 2021)

The following table lists all the medals won by each nation since the 1933 edition. Exhibition events are not included in this ranking.

Para Canoe (2017 - 2022)

3 events in 2019 Paracanoe European Championships and 1 event (''Men's VL1'') from the 2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships are not included in the medal table due to lack of participation.

Most successful athletes

This following table lists athletes that have won multiple medals since the 1997 edition (updated until 2021).

References

External links

European Canoe Association
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