Canoe Sprint European Championships Explained

European Canoe Sprint Championships
Status:	active
Genre:	sporting event
Date:	mid-year
Frequency:	annual
Country:	varying

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 29 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in her record. Among men, the number of wins is led by German Ronald Rauhe, who won the European championships 17 times.

Editions

width=30	Edition	width=30	Year	width=300	Host	width=50	Events
1	1933	Prague, Czechoslovakia	7
2	1934	Copenhagen, Denmark	8
3	1936	Duisburg, Germany	2
4		Ghent, Belgium	15
5	1959	Duisburg, West Germany	15
6	1961	Poznań, Poland	16
7	1963	Jajce, Yugoslavia	16
8	1965	Bucharest, Romania	16
9	1967	Duisburg, West Germany	16
10	1969	Moscow, Soviet Union	16
Not organised 1970 - 1996
11	1997	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	26
12	1999	Zagreb, Croatia	26
13	2000	Poznań, Poland	26
14		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
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	2022	Munich, Germany	29 + 11
33	2023	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
34	2024	Szeged, Hungary

• 2023 Paracanoe only, since Canoe Sprint was included in the European Games.
• Canoe slalom at the 2023 European Games
• Canoe sprint at the 2023 European Games

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.

European Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Championships

Edition	Year	Host venue	Events
1	2012	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal	21 + 21
2	2013	Poznan, Poland	21 + 21
3	2014	Mantes-en-Yvelines, France	21 + 21
4	2015	Pitesti, Romania	22 + 22
5	2016	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	23 + 23
6	2017	Belgrade, Serbia	23 + 23
7	2018	Auronzo, Italy	18 + 18
8	2019	Račice, Czech Republic	18 + 18

JUNIOR FLATWATER RACING

1996

1998

2000 FRA Boulogna-Sur-Mer 21./23 July only Junior

JUNIOR AND U23 FLATWATER RACING

2002 CRO ZAGREB only Junior

2004 POL POZNAN 22-25 July

2006 GRE ATHENS 3-6 August

2007 Under 23 and Junior European Championships – Belgrade, Serbia

2008 Junior & Under 23 European Championship – Szeged, Hungary – 17th-20th July 2008

2009 POL POZNAN

2010 Junior and U23 European Championships 2010

2011 30th June - 3rd July - Junior & U23 European Championships, Zargreb

European Sprint Championships U-23 2020 is the 123th edition of this competition.The competition takes place from 2nd July till 5th July 2020 in Moscow in Russia. (not held)

European Sprint Championships U-23 - Results Women 2021 Poland - Poznan - 24 June 2021 - 27 June 2021

European Sprint Championships U-23 2022 - Medal Table Serbia - Belgrade - 23 June 2022 - 26 June 2022

Medal table

Canoe (1933–2024)

The following table lists all the medals won by each nation since the 1933 edition. Exhibition events are not included in this ranking.

Para Canoe (2017–2022)

3 events in 2019 Paracanoe European Championships and 1 event (Men's VL1) from the 2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships are not included in the medal table due to lack of participation.

Most successful athletes

This following table lists athletes that have won multiple medals since the 1997 edition (updated until 2021).

See also

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

External links

• European Canoe Association
• Web site: Canoe Results – Sprint – European Championships . canoeresults.eu . European Canoe Association (ECA) . en.
• Web site: Participation in European Canoe Sprint Championships 1997 / 2017 (Seniors) . canoe-europe.org . European Canoe Association (ECA) . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Canoe Association . 2011-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930052236/http://www.canoe-europe.org/DisciplineResults.aspx?id=1 . 2011-09-30 . European Canoe Association. Retrieved 2011-06-19
2. News: The ECA Board of Directors meeting in Budapest . 12 June 2019 . European Canoe Association . 5 November 2017.