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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 medals at the Canoe Slalom World Championships. Host nation Brazil won their first 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 setup was the ... [...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 whitewater slalom, 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. Results of Olympic competition: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1, C-1 men, Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2, C-2 men, Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1, K-1 men, Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1, K-1 women. References2016 Olympic venues Deodoro 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 started out as a C2 paddler partnering Sašo Taljat in the boat until the C2 event was discontinued in 2017. Since 2013 he has been competing internationally in C1. 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 11 medals (4 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes) at the European Championships. Božič won the overall world cup title in the C1 class in 2023, becoming the first Slovenian to do so in single canoe. 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 Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of c ... [...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 , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 .... 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 , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 .... World Cup individual podiums References External links * Living people Polish male canoeists 1991 births Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Canoeists from Nowy Sącz Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Poland European Games medalists in canoeing 21st-century Polish sportsmen< ... [...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 , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 .... 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 (, ''Hrybiv''; , ''Grynberk''; , ''Gribuv''),Prof. Maria Malec. ''Słownik nazw geo ... [...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 (; ; ; ) 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 straddles the Dora Baltea and is .... 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 21st-century English sportsmen {{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 Canoe slalom, 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 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2018, a silver in 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2022 and a bronze in 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2015. He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the European Canoe Slalom Championships, 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 Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in 6th place. He announced his retirement from international competition before the start of the 2023 season. World Cup individual podiums References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Clarke (canoeist)
Joseph Clarke (born 3 November 1992) is a British Canoe slalom, 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 Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1, 2016 Olympic champion in the K1 event, the 2023 World champion in the same event, and a triple World champion in the kayak cross discipline, and has won multiple medals at World and European Championships. He is the most successful kayak cross competitor at global level in the history of the event. 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Eigel
Pavel Pavlovich Eigel (; born 1 March 1990) is an Uzbek 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, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ... 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 finished 20th in the K1 event after being eliminated in ... [...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, specializing in the K1 discipline. In 2023 he also started competing in C1. He also occasionally appears in kayak cross. With an Olympic gold and a bronze, 2 individual world titles and 5 individual European titles, he is one of the most successful K1 paddlers of his generation. Career Prskavec competed at two Olympic games. In his first appearance he won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after touching one gate in the final. He then won gold in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He has qualified for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he will be defending his title. Prskavec won 11 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships including five individual medals. He won gold in the K1 event in 2015 in London and then again in 2019 in La Seu d'Urgell. He also three silvers (20 ... [...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 10 medals at the European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ... (2 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes). World Cup individual podiums References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
