| Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Wildwater canoeing |
| Frequency | Biennial till 2010, Annual since 2011 |
| Location | Varies |
| Inaugurated | 1959 |
| Participants | Men and women |
| Organised by | International Canoe Federation |
TheWildwater Canoeing World Championships are an international event incanoeing organized by theInternational Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every two years from 1959 to 1995 and then from 1996 to 2001, from 2011 the event is annual.[1]
In the odd edition 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 the championships included only the sprint events. The classic race differs from the sprint race by the length of the course, therefore by the duration, which can go from 6 to 25 minutes for the classic race and up to a maximum of 2 minutes for the sprint race.
Starting from the 2017 edition ofPau, the sprint championships took place together with theCanoe Slalom World Championships and given the remarkable success this was repeated for the second time atLa Seu d'Urgell in 2019.[2]
| Year | K1 | C1 | C2 | Other | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||||||||||||||||
Class/Ind | Class/Team | Sprint/Ind | Sprint/Team | Class/Ind | Class/Team | Sprint/Ind | Sprint/Team | Class/Ind | Class/Team | Sprint/Ind | Sprint/Team | Class/Ind | Class/Team | Sprint/Ind | Sprint/Team | Class/Ind | Class/Team | Sprint/Ind | Sprint/Team | |||
| 1959 | • (F1) | • (F1) | • | • | • (mix) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | • (F1) | • (F1) | • | • | • (mix) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5[note 1] | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2[note 2] | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1[note 3] | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2[note 2] | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2[note 2] | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2[note 2] | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2[note 2] | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1[note 3] | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1[note 3] | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | |||||||||
| 2004 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | |||||||||
| 2006 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | |||||||||
| 2008 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | |||||
| 2010 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | |||||
| 2011 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||
| 2013 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||
| 2015 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||
| 2017 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||
| 2019 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1[note 4] | 10 | |||||||||||
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This is the list of the winners of the main six events (C1 and C2 men and women, K1 men and women).[3][4]
Since the 2002 edition also the K1 sprint competition has also been introduced.
F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.
F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.
| Year |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Kerry Christie,Emma Christie |  Laura Fontaine,Ève Vitali-Guilbert | Claire Bren,Lise Vinet |
Top male paddlers with the best medal record including only individual events are listed below.[5]
| # | Paddler | Country | Born | Events | From | To | | | | Tot. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladi Panato |  Italy | 1972 | C1 classic and sprint | 1993 | 2018 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Vladimir Vala |  Slovakia | 1963 | C1 classic + C2 classic and sprint | 1989 | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Slúčik | Slovakia | 1963 | C2 classic and sprint | 1993 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Emil Milihram |  Croatia | 1982 | C1 classic and sprint | 2000 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Guillaume Alzingre | France | 1983 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2004 | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Nejc Žnidarčič |  Slovenia | 1984 | K1 classic and sprint | 2010 | 2014 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Stéphane Santamaria | France | 1977 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2013 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Ondřej Rolenc |  Czech Republic | 1991 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2008 | 2019 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | Louis Lapointe | France | 1992 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2014 | 2019 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
In 2017 the ICF Wildwater and Canoe Slalom World Championships were held together for the first time, and after the success of the Pau event in France, the two disciplines will line-up alongside each other again in La Seu, Spain.
