Wildwater Canoeing World Championships


The Wildwater Canoeing World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International 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.

Editions

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 of Pau, the sprint championships took place together with the Canoe Slalom World Championships and given the remarkable success this was repeated for the second time at La Seu d'Urgell in 2019.
#YearVenueNationNotes
11959Treignac
21961Hainsberg
31963Spittal
41965Spittal
51967Špindlerův Mlýn
61969Bourg-Saint-Maurice
71971Merano
81973Muotathal
91975Skopje
101977Spittal
111979Desbiens
121981Bala
131983Merano
141985Garmisch-Partenkirchen
151987Bourg-Saint-Maurice
161989Savage River
171991Bovec
181993Mezzana
191995Bala
201996LandeckThe championships are moved in even years.
211998Garmisch-Partenkirchen
222000Treignac
232002Valsesia
242004Garmisch-Partenkirchen
252006Karlovy Vary
262008Valsesia
272010Sort
282011AugsbourgOnly sprint events and the competition becomes annual.
292012Mâcot-la-Plagne
302013SolkanOnly sprint events.
312014Valtellina
322015WienOnly sprint events.
332016Banja Luka
342017PauOnly sprint events and together with the 2017 Canoe Slalom World Championships.
352018Muotathal
362019La Seu d'UrgellOnly sprint events and together with the 2019 Canoe Slalom World Championships
372021BratislavaOnly sprint events and together with the 2021 Canoe Slalom World Championships
382022Treignac
392023AugsburgAugsburg Eiskanal, Only sprint events
402024SaberoEsla River
412025České BudějoviceČeské Vrbné Slalom Course, Only sprint events

Winners

This is the list of the winners of the main six events.

K1 classic

Since the 2002 edition also the K1 sprint competition has also been introduced.

Men individual

F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.
Year
1959

Women individual

F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.
Year
1959

Multi-Medallists

Men individual

Top male paddlers with the best medal record including only individual events are listed below.
#PaddlerCountryBornEventsFromToTot.
1Vladi Panato1972C1 classic and sprint1993201882111
2Vladimir Vala1963C1 classic + C2 classic and sprint1989201065011
3Jaroslav Slúčik1963C2 classic and sprint1993201064010
4Emil Milihram1982C1 classic and sprint200020166118
5Guillaume Alzingre1983C1 and C2 classic and sprint200420155139
6Nejc Žnidarčič1984K1 classic and sprint2010201445211
7Stéphane Santamaria1977C1 and C2 classic and sprint2013201943411
8Ondřej Rolenc1991C1 and C2 classic and sprint2008201942511
9Louis Lapointe1992C1 and C2 classic and sprint201420193419