Canoe Sailing World Championship

The Canoe Sailing World Championships is an international competition in canoe sailing, sanctioned by the ICF as the premier event in that discipline.[1]

The competition was first held in 1961 and has been held roughly every 3 years since.[2] British Robin Wood has won the championships a record 4 times

Medalists

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1961 United Kingdom Hayling Island  Alan Emus (GBR)  John Hunt (GBR)  Graham Smith (GBR)
1965 West Germany Lake Constance  Alan Emus (GBR)  Lars Johanssen (SWE)  John A. Biddle (GBR)
1969 United Kingdom Grafham Water  Alan Emus (GBR)  Gunnar Aggefors (SWE)  John A. Biddle (GBR)
1972 Sweden Oxelösund  Martin Rosell (SWE)  Gunnar Aggefors (SWE)  John A. Biddle (GBR)
1975 United Kingdom Hayling Island  Lars-Erik Lundgren (GBR)  Leif Johansson (SWE)  Mats Lind (SWE)
1978 Sweden Fiskeboda  Martin Gullberg (SWE)  Steve Clark (USA)  Lars-Erik Lundgren (SWE)
1981 United States Buzzards Bay  Max Tollqvist (SWE)  Olle Berqvist (SWE)  Steve Clark (USA)
1984 Sweden Ängelholm  Steve Clark (USA)  Chris Converse (USA)  Hannah Clark (USA)
1987 United Kingdom Plymouth  Robin Wood (GBR)  Lars Guck (USA)  Patrick Marshall (GBR)
1990 West Germany Steinhuder Meer  Lars Guck (USA)  Steve Clark (USA)  Jens Reichert (FRG)
1993 United States San Francisco  Robin Wood (GBR)  Steve Clark (USA)  Lars Guck (USA)
1996 Australia Port Stephens  Robin Wood (GBR)  Mark Goodchild (GBR)  Anders Petersson (SWE)
1999 Sweden Nynäshamn  Lester Noble (GBR)  Mark Goodchild (GBR)  Anders Petersson (SWE)
2002 United States Bristol  Steve Clark (USA)  Anders Petersson (SWE)  Eric Chase (USA)
2005 United Kingdom Weymouth  Mark Goodchild (GBR)  John Ellis (GBR)  Simon Allen (GBR)
2008 Australia Port Philipp  Hayden Virtue (AUS)  Bill Beaver (USA)  Seth Dunbar (AUS)
2011 Germany Travemünde  Chris Maas (USA)  Peter Ullman (GER)  Alistair Warren (GBR)
2014 United States San Francisco  Mikey Radziejowski (USA)  Chris Maas (USA)  Alistair Warren (GBR)
2017 United Kingdom Pwllheli  Robin Wood (GBR)  Chris Maas (USA)  Alistair Warren (GBR)
2020 Cancelled[4]
2024 Germany Travemünde  Glen Truswell (GBR)  Michael Costello (USA)  Mike Fenwick (GBR)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Canoe Sailing". International Canoe Federation.
  2. ^ "World Championship Medal Winners". International Canoe Federation.
  3. ^ "International Canoe Worlds 2022/3 - Cancelled". International Canoe. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ Postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions, later it was cancelled.[3]