European Canoe Sprint Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencyannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1933 (1933)

The Canoe Sprint European Championships (or European Canoe Sprint Championships) is an international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was first held in 1933 in Prague under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. In 1997, the European Championships were resumed, and now take place annually.

The most titled athlete of the European Championships is Hungarian Katalin Kovács, 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, who won the European championships 17 times.

Summary

Edition Year Host Events
1 1933 Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia 7
2 1934 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark 8
3 1936 Nazi Germany Duisburg, Germany 2
4 1957 Belgium Ghent, Belgium 15
5 1959 West Germany Duisburg, West Germany 15
6 1961 Poland Poznań, Poland 16
7 1963 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jajce, Yugoslavia 16
8 1965 Romania Bucharest, Romania 16
9 1967 West Germany Duisburg, West Germany 16
10 1969 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 16
Not organised 1970 - 1996
11 1997 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria 26
12 1999 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia 26
13 2000 Poland Poznań, Poland 26
14 2001 Italy Milan, Italy 27
15 2002 Hungary Szeged, Hungary 27
16 2004 Poland Poznań, Poland 27
17 2005 Poland Poznań, Poland 27
18 2006 Czech Republic Račice, Czech Republic 27
19 2007 Spain Pontevedra, Spain 27
20 2008 Italy Milan, Italy 27
Edition Year Host Events
21 2009 Germany Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany 27
22 2010 Spain Trasona, Spain 24+1
23 2011 Serbia Belgrade, Serbia 25
24 2012 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia 26
25 2013 Portugal Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 26 + 9
26 2014 Germany Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany 26 + 8
27 2015 Czech Republic Račice, Czech Republic 27 + 11
28 2016 Russia Moscow, Russia 27 + 11
29 2017 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria 27 + 10
30 2018 Serbia Belgrade, Serbia 30 + 10
2019* Poland Poznań, Poland 12
2020 Romania Bascov, Romania
31 2021 Poland Poznań, Poland 30 + 12
32 2022 Germany Munich, Germany 29 + 11
33 2023* Portugal Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
34 2024 Hungary Szeged, Hungary
  • Paracanoe only, since Canoe Sprint was included in the European Games.

Source:[1]

Notes

European Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Championships

EditionYearHost venueEvents
1 2012 Portugal Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 21 + 21
2 2013 Poland Poznan, Poland 21 + 21
3 2014 France Mantes-en-Yvelines, France 21 + 21
4 2015 Romania Pitesti, Romania 22 + 22
5 2016 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria 23 + 23
6 2017 Serbia Belgrade, Serbia 23 + 23
7 2018 Italy Auronzo, Italy 18 + 18
8 2019 Czech Republic Račice, Czech Republic 18 + 18

Medal table

Most successful athletes

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

RankAthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Hungary Katalin Kovács2917248
2Hungary Natasa Dusev-Janics184224
3Germany Ronald Rauhe179228
4Hungary Danuta Kozák178126
5Germany Sebastian Brendel155222
6Russia Maxim Opalev146323
7Germany Katrin Wagner-Augustin1211528
8Russia Ivan Shtyl126119
9Czech Republic Martin Fuksa123217
10Slovakia Erik Vlček117422
11Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer114116
12Germany Tim Wieskötter114015
13Hungary Tímea Paksy1010222
14Belarus Raman Piatrushenka106622
15Belarus Vadzim Makhneu106521
16Hungary/Serbia Dalma Ružičić-Benedek105217
17Germany Max Hoff104317
18Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer103013
19Hungary Szilvia Szabó910019
20Russia Viktor Melantyev91212
21Hungary Kinga Bóta88117
22Hungary Ákos Vereckei86014
23Russia Alexander Kostoglod85619
24Hungary Tamara Csipes85114
25Italy Josefa Idem84315
26Russia Alexey Korovashkov83011
27Germany Nicole Reinhardt82212
28Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk77519
29Germany Carolin Leonhardt77418
30Hungary Zoltán Kammerer77216
31Romania Florin Popescu77115
32Spain Teresa Portela Rivas74617
33Russia Nikolai Lipkin72110
34Norway Eirik Verås Larsen71210
Totals (34 entries)36219779638

See also

References

  1. "European Canoe Association". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-07. European Canoe Association. Retrieved 2011-06-19
  2. "The ECA Board of Directors meeting in Budapest". European Canoe Association. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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