Ana Sátila


Ana Sátila Vieira Vargas is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.
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Career

She began sport training at the age of 4 and qualified for the Olympics at the age of 15.
In 2015, Sátila won two medals at the Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She won gold in the C1 event and silver in the K1 event. She would successfully defend her C1 titles at the 2019 Lima and 2023 Santiago editions, while also earning a gold medal at the kayak cross. At the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London she finished 9th in the C1 event and 13th in the K1 event, after being eliminated in the semifinal.
Satila participated in 4 Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sátila was the youngest female competitor in canoe slalom. She competed in the K1 event, finishing 16th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She finished in 17th place in the [Canoeing at the 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2016 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in both women's events. She finished 13th in the [Canoeing at the 2020 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2020 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] after being eliminated in the semifinal, and at the canoe, where she was number 3 in the world ranking, Ana Sátila became the first Brazilian woman to reach an Olympic final in canoe slalom. In the final of the C1 event, she finished in tenth and last place after getting a time of 164.71 on her run. She first incurred a 2 second penalty at gate 7, and then missed gate 22, which meant another 50 seconds of penalties. Her time would have been enough for 4th place without the 50 second penalty.
Sátila reached the finals in both individual canoe slalom events in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, getting close to medaling in both, with a fourth place in the [Canoeing at the 2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2024 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] and fifth in the C1 event. In the kayak cross, Sátila reached the semifinal, being surpassed by Angèle Hug after a collision in the last gate to end out of the qualifying zone, eventually finishing eighth overall following the B final.
Sátila won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold, a silver and three bronzes.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
201520 June 2015Prague3rdC1
20163 September 2016Prague3rdKayak Cross
20164 September 2016Prague2ndK1
201824 June 2018Liptovský Mikuláš2ndKayak cross
2018[|1] July 2018Kraków3rdC1
20188 July 2018Augsburg3rdC1
20188 July 2018Augsburg1stKayak cross
201830 September 2018Rio de Janeiro1stKayak cross1
201923 June 2019Bratislava3rdC1
20197 September 2019Prague2ndK1
202018 October 2020Tacen1stC1
20208 November 2020Pau1stC1
20215 September 2021La Seu d'Urgell3rdKayak cross
202112 September 2021Pau2ndKayak cross
20234 June 2023Augsburg2ndKayak cross
202431 May 2024Augsburg3rdK1
202415 June 2024Kraków2ndC1
20256 September 2025Augsburg2ndC1

Personal life

Ana Sátila is the elder sister of Omira Estácia Neta, another Brazilian canoeist. She is engaged to rower Lucas Verthein.