Canoe Sprint European Championships

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 26 gold medals and 16 silver medals in her record. Among men, the number of wins is led by German Ronald Rauhe and Russian Maxim Opalev, who won the European championships 14 times.

Summary[]

Edition Year Host Events 1 Prague, Czechoslovakia 7 2 Copenhagen, Denmark 8 3 Duisburg, Germany 2 4 Ghent, Belgium 15 5 Duisburg, West Germany 15 6 Poznań, Poland 16 7 1963 Jajce, Yugoslavia 16 8 Bucharest, Romania 16 9 Duisburg, West Germany 16 10 Moscow, Soviet Union 16 Not organised 1970 - 1996 11 1997 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 26 12 1999 Zagreb, Croatia 26 13 2000 Poznań, Poland 26 14 2001 Milan, Italy 27 15 2002 Szeged, Hungary 27 16 2004 Poznań, Poland 27 17 2005 Poznań, Poland 27 18 2006 Račice, Czech Republic 27 19 2007 Pontevedra, Spain 27 20 2008 Milan, Italy 27

Edition Year Host Events 21 2009 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany 27 22 2010 Trasona, Spain 24+1 23 2011 Belgrade, Serbia 25 24 2012 Zagreb, Croatia 26 25 2013 Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 26 + 9 26 2014 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany 26 + 8 27 2015 Račice, Czech Republic 27 + 11 28 2016 Moscow, Russia 27 + 11 29 2017 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 27 + 10 30 2018 Belgrade, Serbia 30 + 10 – 2019 Poznań, Poland 12 – 2020 Bascov, Romania – 31 2021 Poznań, Poland 30 + 12 32 Munich, Germany 33 34 Szeged, Hungary

Source:^[1]

Notes[]

• The 1963 world championships were designated that year's European championships.
• The ECA chose not to organise the 2019 championships because of the European Games,^[2] so a separate Paracanoe European Championships were held as a result.
• The 2020 championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Paracanoe added to the 2010 championships, then subsequent championships from 2013 onwards: http://www.europecanoeevents.com/events/results
• Results from 1933 to 1969: http://www.canoeresults.eu/view-results/sprint

European Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Championships[]

Edition	Year	Host venue	Events
1		Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal	21 + 21
2		Poznan, Poland	21 + 21
3		Mantes-en-Yvelines, France	21 + 21
4		Pitesti, Romania	22 + 22
5		Plovdiv, Bulgaria	23 + 23
6		Belgrade, Serbia	23 + 23
7	2018	Auronzo, Italy	18 + 18
8		Račice, Czech Republic	18 + 18

Medal table[]

Canoe (1933 - 2018)[] The following table lists all the medals won by each nation since the 1933 edition. Exhibition events are not included in this ranking. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Hungary 151 122 84 357 2  Germany 115 107 88 310 3  Russia 63 53 60 176 4  Romania 47 57 41 145 5  Belarus 40 41 36 117 6  Soviet Union 40 33 26 99 7  Poland 32 51 65 148 8  Czech Republic 22 13 23 58 9  Slovakia 17 17 12 46 10  Spain 16 28 39 83 11  Lithuania 13 8 10 31 12  Great Britain 13 7 10 30 13  Denmark 11 17 13 41 14  Serbia 10 12 12 34 15  Italy 10 6 15 31 16  Ukraine 8 14 27 49 17  Sweden 7 22 13 42 18  Portugal 7 6 14 27 19  Norway 7 5 6 18 20  East Germany 6 5 12 23 21  France 5 11 6 22 22  Bulgaria 5 7 12 24 23  Czechoslovakia 5 6 7 18 24  Azerbaijan 5 3 1 9 25  Austria 2 3 7 12 26  Israel 2 2 3 7 27  Georgia 1 0 1 2 28  Turkey 1 0 0 1 29  Finland 0 2 4 6 30  Moldova 0 2 2 4 31  Belgium 0 1 3 4  Slovenia 0 1 3 4 33  Netherlands 0 0 3 3 34  Latvia 0 0 2 2 35  Croatia 0 0 1 1  Ireland 0 0 1 1   Switzerland 0 0 1 1  Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1 Totals (38 nations) 661 662 664 1987

Para Canoe (2017 - 2019)[] 3 events in 2019 Paracanoe European Championships not included in the medal table due to lack of participation. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Great Britain (GBR) 8 8 6 22 2  Ukraine (UKR) 7 3 1 11 3  Russia (RUS) 3 8 8 19 4  Italy (ITA) 3 2 2 7 5  Austria (AUT) 3 1 0 4 6  Hungary (HUN) 2 1 3 6 7  Poland (POL) 1 2 2 5 8  France (FRA) 1 1 2 4 9  Sweden (SWE) 1 0 1 2 10  Romania (ROU) 0 2 0 2 11  Germany (GER) 0 1 3 4 12  Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1 Totals (12 nations) 29 29 29 87

Most successful athletes[]

This following table lists athletes that have won multiple medals since the 1997 edition (updated until 2011).

Rank	Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Katalin Kovács	26	16	0	42
2	Nataša Dušev-Janić	15	4	0	19
3	Ronald Rauhe	14	7	0	21
4	Maxim Opalev	14	6	3	23
5	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	11	10	4	25
6	Michal Riszdorfer	11	4	1	16
7	Tim Wieskötter	11	4	0	15
8	Tímea Paksy	10	10	2	22
9	Raman Piatrushenka	10	6	4	20
10	Vadzim Makhneu	10	6	3	19
11	Erik Vlček	10	4	0	14
12	Richard Riszdorfer	10	3	0	13
13	Szilvia Szabó	9	10	0	19
14	Kinga Bóta	8	8	1	17
15	Ákos Vereckei	8	6	0	14
16	Alexander Kostoglod	8	5	6	19
17	Josefa Idem	8	4	3	15
18	Nicole Reinhardt	8	2	2	12
19	Florin Popescu	7	7	1	15
20	/ Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	7	5	0	12
21	Danuta Kozák	7	4	0	11
22	Teresa Portela Rivas	7	3	6	16
23	Eirik Verås Larsen	7	1	2	10
24	Erzsébet Viski	6	9	0	15
25	Carolin Leonhardt	6	6	4	16
26	Beatriz Manchón	6	5	10	21
27	Aneta Pastuszka	6	4	6	16
28	Krisztina Fazekas	6	4	2	12
29	Nikolai Lipkin	6	2	1	9
30	Petr Fuksa	6	1	4	11
Totals (30 athletes)		278	166	65	509

See also[]

• International Canoe Federation
• ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• European Canoe Slalom Championships
• European Canoe Marathon Championships

References[]

External links[]

• European Canoe Association