List of canoe/kayak athletes by country explained

Australia

Kayak:

• Nathan Baggaley, two Olympic silver medal
• Grant Kenny
• Clint Robinson, three-time Olympic medalist
• Anna Wood, Women's World K2 500 and K2 1000 Champion 1998, Olympic bronze 1996
• Ken Wallace, 2008 Beijing Olympics – Bronze K1 1000 and Gold K1 500

Belarus

Kayak:

• Aliaksei Abalmasau
• Volha Khudzenka
• Vadzim Makhneu
• Iryna Pamialova
• Nadzeya Papok
• Raman Piatrushenka
• Maryna Pautaran
• Dziamyan Turchyn

Bulgaria

Canoe:

• Nikolay Bukhalov
• Ivan Burtchin
• Fedia Damianov
• Lyubomir Lyubenov

Kayak:

• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova
• Borislava Ivanova
• Milko Kazanov
• Petar Merkov
• Diana Paliiska
• Ognyana Petrova

Canada

Canoe:

• Attila Buday
• Tamas Buday Jr.
• Larry Cain, two Olympic medals
• Richard Dalton, participant in 2004 Summer Olympics
• Steve Giles, bronze medalist in 2000 Summer Olympics
• Ian Mortimer
• Michael Scarola
• Gavin Maxwell, participant in 1996 Summer Olympics

Kayak:

• Mylanie Barre
• Caroline Brunet, two silver and one bronze Olympic medals
• Jillian D'Alessio
• Karen Furneaux
• Kamini Jain
• Carrie Lightbound
• Angus Mortimer, participant in 2008 Summer Olympics
• Adam van Koeverden, Olympic champion in K-1 500m sprint in the 2004 Summer Olympics

China

Canoe

• Meng Guanliang
• Yang Wenjun

Kayak

• Wang Lei

Croatia

Canoe

• Emanuel Horvatiček
• Matija Ljubek

Cuba

Canoe

• Ibrahim Rojas Blanco
• Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon

Czech Republic

Canoe

• Martin Doktor, two Olympic gold medals

Denmark

Canoe

• Henning Lynge Jakobsen
• Christian Frederiksen
• Ivan Burtchin
• Peer Nielsen
• John Sørensen

Kayak

• Karen Hoff
• Tove Søby

France

Kayak

• Babak Amir Tahmasseb
• Philippe Colin
• Cyrille Carré

Germany

Canoe

• Andreas Dittmer, three gold, one silver and one bronze Olympic medals
• Christian Gille
• Tomasz Wylenzek
• Robert Nuck
• Stefan Holtz
• Stephan Breuing
• Thomas Lück

Kayak

• Katrin Wagner-Augustin, four gold and one bronze Olympic medals
• Björn Bach
• Birgit Fischer
• Andreas Ihle
• Ronald Rauhe
• Stefan Ulm
• Tim Wieskötter
• Mark Zabel

Great Britain

Kayak

• Tim Brabants
• Ed McKeever
• Ian Wynne

Hungary

Canoe

• György Kolonics, two gold and two bronze Olympic Medals
• György Kozmann
• Attila Vajda, one Olympic bronze

Kayak

• István Beé
• Zoltán Benkő
• Kinga Bóta
• Natasa Janics
• Zoltán Kammerer
• Rita Kőbán
• Roland Kökény
• Katalin Kovács
• Danuta Kozák
• Gábor Horváth
• Botond Storcz
• Szilvia Szabó
• Ákos Vereckei
• Erzsébet Viski

Israel

Kayak

• Michael Kolganov

Italy

Kayak

• Beniamino Bonomi
• Andrea Facchin
• Josepha Idem
• Antonio Rossi
• Daniele Scarpa

Latvia

Canoe:

• Ivans Klementjevs

Lithuania

Canoe

• Jevgenij Shuklin
• Raimundas Labuckas

Kayak

• Egidijus Balčiūnas
• Alvydas Duonėla

Mexico

Canoe

• Everardo Cristóbal
• Antonio Romero
• Ramón Ferrer
• Benjamín Castaneda

Netherlands

Kayak

• Annemiek Derckx
• Mieke Jaapies
• Alida van der Anker-Doedens

New Zealand

Kayak

• Lisa Carrington
• Ian Ferguson
• Steven Ferguson
• Cory Hutchings
• Ben Fouhy

Norway

Kayak

• Nils Olav Fjeldheim
• Eirik Verås Larsen
• Knut Holmann

Poland

Canoe

• Paweł Baraszkiewicz
• Marek Dopierała
• Daniel Jędraszko
• Marek Łbik
• Michał Śliwiński

Kayak

• Izabela Dylewska
• Maciej Freimut
• Grzegorz Kotowicz
• Tomasz Mendelski
• Wojciech Kurpiewski
• Aneta Pastuszka
• Karolina Sadalska
• Adam Seroczyński
• Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza
• Marek Twardowski
• Marek Witkowski
• Adam Wysocki

Portugal

• Fernando Pimenta
• Emanuel Silva

Romania

Canoe

• Ionel Averian
• Antonel Borșan
• Serghei Covaliov
• Gheorghe Danielov
• Florin Georgian Mironcic, current European champion in C-1 1000m
• Marcel Glăvan
• Ivan Patzaichin, most canoe medals in the history of the Summer Olympics
• Florin Popescu
• Leon Rotman
• Silviu Simioncencu
• Gheorghe Simionov

Kayak

• Agafia Constantin
• Viorica Dumitru
• Nastasia Ionescu
• Hilde Lauer
• Tecla Marinescu
• Maria Nichiforov
• Cornelia Sideri
• Maria Ştefan

Russia

Canoe

• Maksim Opalev, bronze and silver Olympic medals
• Alexander Kostoglod
• Ivan Shtyl
• Aleksandr Kovalyov

Kayak

• Alexander Dyachenko
• Yury Postrigay
• Anatoly Tishchenko

Serbia

Canoe:

• Mirko Nišović

Kayak:

• Milan Đenadić
• Ognjen Filipovic
• Milan Janić
• Nikolina Moldovan
• Olivera Moldovan
• Antonija Nađ
• Marko Novaković
• Dalma Ružičić-Benedek
• Bora Sibinkić
• Dragan Zoric

Slovakia

Kayak

• Juraj Bača
• Róbert Erban
• Michal Riszdorfer
• Richard Riszdorfer
• Erik Vlček

Slovenia

Kayak

• Špela Ponomarenko Janić

South Africa

• Hank McGregor
• Bridgitte Hartley

Spain

Canoe:

• David Cal, gold and silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Kayak

• Saúl Craviotto
• Carlos Pérez

Sweden

Kayak

• Henrik Nilsson
• Markus Oscarsson
• Gert Fredriksson
• Susanne Gunnarsson

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Switzerland

Kayak

• Daniela Baumer
• Sabine Eichenberger
• Ingrid Haralamow
• Gabi Müller

Ukraine

Canoe:

• Yuriy Cheban
• Maksym Prokopenko

Kayak:

• Olena Cherevatova
• Hanna Balabanova
• Inna Osypenko-Radomska
• Tetyana Semykina

United States

Canoe

• Jordan Malloch
• Nathan Johnson

See also

• Canoeing at the Olympics