| Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | |
| Frequency: | Biennial till 2010, Annual since 2011 |
| Location: | Varies |
| First: | 1959 |
| Participants: | Men and women |
| Genre: | Wildwater canoeing |
| Organised: | International Canoe Federation |
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.[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 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.[2]
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| 39 | Augsburg Eiskanal, Only sprint events | ||||
| 40 | Esla River |
| Year | K1 | C1 | C2 | Other | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | • (F1) | • (F1) | • | • | • (mix) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | • (F1) | • (F1) | • | • | • (mix) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | 12 | |||||||||
| 2004 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | 16 | |||||
| 2010 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | |||||||||
| 2011 | • | • | • | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | bgcolor=lawngreen | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | ||||||
| 2013 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||||||
| 2015 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||||||
| 2017 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||||||
| 2019 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
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.
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Eduard Rothpletz | |||
| 1961 | Pavel Bone | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1963 | Jean Grosrey | ||
| Siegfried Gunzenberger | ||||
| 1965 | Lothar Zentgraf | |||
| 1967 | Peter Lust | |||
| 1969 | Jochen Schwarz | |||
| 1971 | Jochen Schwarz | |||
| 1973 | Ulrich Pech | |||
| 1975 | Bernd Kast | |||
| 1977 | Bernd Kast | |||
| 1979 |  Claude Benezit | |||
| 1981 | Bernard Morin | |||
| 1983 | Konrad Hollerieth | |||
| 1985 |  Jon Fishburn | |||
| 1987 |  Cesare Mulazzi | |||
| 1989 | Antoine Goetschy | |||
| 1991 | Rolf Kilian | |||
| 1993 | Cesare Mulazzi | |||
| 1995 | Thomas Koelmann | |||
| 1996 | Axel Lehmacher | |||
| 1998 | Gilles Calliet | |||
| 2000 | Robert Pontarollo | |||
| 2002 |  Kamil Mrůzek | |||
| 2004 | Robert Pontarollo | |||
| 2006 | Tomáš Slovák | |||
| 2008 |  Schmid Gerhard | |||
| 2010 | Nejc Žnidarčič | |||
| 2012 | Nejc Žnidarčič | |||
| 2014 | Kamil Mrůzek | |||
| 2016 | Rémi Pété | |||
| 2018 | Paul Graton | |||
| 2022 | Max Hoff | |||
| 2024 |  Léo Montulet |
F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.
| Year | ||||
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| 2002 | Rudy Gerard | |||
| 2004 | Tomáš Slovák | |||
| 2006 | Tomáš Slovák | |||
| 2008 | Tomáš Slovák | |||
| 2010 | Tomáš Slovák | |||
| 2011 | Rémi Pété Paul Graton | |||
| 2012 |  Ben Oakley | |||
| 2013 | Richard Hála | |||
| 2014 | Paul Graton | |||
| 2015 | Vid Debeljak | |||
| 2016 | Vid Debeljak | |||
| 2017 | Gaëtan Guyonnet | |||
| 2018 | Anže Urankar | |||
| 2019 | Hugues Moret | |||
| 2021 | Maxence Barouh | |||
| 2022 | Vojtěch Matějíček | |||
| 2023 | Luca Barone | |||
| 2024 | Maxence Barouh |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Nathalie Leclerc | |||
| 2004 | Nathalie Gastineau | |||
| 2006 | Helgard Marzolf | |||
| 2008 | Sabine Füsser | |||
| 2010 | Laëtitia Parage | |||
| 2011 | Sabine Füsser | |||
| 2012 | Sixtine Malaterre | |||
| 2013 | Sixtine Malaterre | |||
| 2014 | Sixtine Malaterre | |||
| 2015 | Costanza Bonaccorsi | Anežka Paloudová | Martina Satková | |
| 2016 | Melanie Mathys | |||
| 2017 | Claire Bren | Manon Hostens | Hannah Brown | |
| 2018 | Claire Bren | |||
| 2019 | Phénicia Dupras | Anežka Paloudová | Barbora Dimovová | |
| 2021 | Lise Vinet | Tereza Kneblová | Jil-Sophie Eckert | |
| 2022 | Manon Hostens | Klára Vaňková | Mathilde Rosa | |
| 2023 | Marie Němcová | Giulia Formenton | Lise Vinet | |
| 2024 | Marie Němcová | Kristina Novosadová | Ana Šteblaj |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Julie Paoletti | Hana Peterková | Radka Felingerová | |
| 2014 | Marjolaine Hecquet | Sabine Eichenberger | Radka Valíková | |
| 2016 | Anežka Paloudová | Martina Satková | Sabine Eichenberger | |
| 2018 | Martina Satková | Cecilia Panato | Maren Lutz | |
| 2022 | Cecilia Panato | Marie Němcová | Laura Fontaine | |
| 2024 | Laura Fontaine | Ève Vitali-Guilbert | Cecilia Panato |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Vladi Panato | Harald Marzolf | Lukáš Novosad | |
| 2004 | Harald Marzolf | Vladi Panato | Stephan Stiefenhöfer | |
| 2006 | Guillaume Alzingre | Stéphane Santamaria | Stephan Stiefenhöfer | |
| 2008 | Vladi Panato | Jošt Zakrajšek | Jan Šťastný | |
| 2010 | Yann Claudepierre | Emil Milihram | Guillaume Alzingre | |
| 2011 | Guillaume Alzingre | Yann Claudepierre | Ondřej Rolenc | |
| 2012 | Guillaume Alzingre | Igor Gojić | Emil Milihram | |
| 2013 | Normen Weber | Guillaume Alzingre | Blaž Cof | |
| 2014 | Ondřej Rolenc | Quentin Dazeur | Antonin Hales | |
| 2015 | Guillaume Alzingre | Normen Weber | Mattia Quintarelli | |
| 2016 | Ondřej Rolenc | Normen Weber | Vladimír Slanina | |
| 2017 | Ondřej Rolenc |  Matej Beňuš | Blaž Cof | |
| 2018 | Blaž Cof | Marek Rygel | Ondřej Rolenc | |
| 2019 | Louis Lapointe | Ondřej Rolenc | Vladimír Slanina | |
| 2021 | Ondřej Rolenc | Quentin Dazeur | Charles Ferrion | |
| 2022 | Quentin Dazeur | Nicolas Sauteur | Ancelin Gourjault | |
| 2023 | Charles Ferrion | Blaž Cof | František Salaj | |
| 2024 | Matěj Vaněk | Nicolas Sauteur | Ondřej Rolenc |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rosalyn Lawrence | Radka Valíková | Mylène Blondel | |
| 2012 | Marjolaine Hecquet | Julie Paoletti | Hana Peterková | |
| 2013 | Marjolaine Hecquet | Julie Paoletti | Sabine Eichenberger | |
| 2014 | Chiara Carbognin | Marjolaine Hecquet | Radka Valíková | |
| 2015 | Claire Haab | Martina Satková | Marlene Ricciardi | |
| 2016 | Martina Satková | Manon Durand | Cindy Coat | |
| 2017 | Claire Haab | Martina Satková | Marie Němcová | |
| 2018 | Cecilia Panato | Marie Němcová | Martina Satková | |
| 2019 | Martina Satková | Cecilia Panato | Elsa Gaubert | |
| 2021 | Cecilia Panato | Tereza Kneblová | Martina Satková | |
| 2022 | Marie Němcová | Laura Fontaine | Cecilia Panato | |
| 2023 | Laura Fontaine | Cecilia Panato | Marie Němcová | |
| 2024 | Laura Fontaine | Elsa Gaubert | Anna Retková |
| Year | ||||
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| 1959 | Henri Kdrnka, Charles Dussuet | |||
| 1961 | Zdeněk Valenta, Miroslav Stach | |||
| 1963 | Manfred Merkel, Günther Merkel | |||
| 1965 | Zdeněk Fifka, Jiří Dejl | |||
| 1967 | Willi Landers, Ulrich Hippauf | |||
| 1969 | Pierre-François Lefauconnier, Gilles Lefauconnier | |||
| 1971 | Pierre-François Lefauconnier, Gilles Lefauconnier | Jean-Paul Meynard, Claude Bost | ||
| 1973 | Pierre-François Lefauconnier, Gilles Lefauconnier | Norbert Schmidt, Hermann Roock | ||
| 1975 | Pierre-François Lefauconnier, Gilles Lefauconnier | Jean-Paul Meynard, Claude Bost | ||
| 1977 |  Heimo Müllneritsch, Helmar Steindl | |||
| 1979 | Daniel Jacquet, Jean-Jacques Hayne | |||
| 1981 | Jean-Luc Rigaut, Bernard Gilles | |||
| 1983 | Andreas Berngruber, Matthias Eckert | |||
| 1985 | Hans Proquitte, Peter Gonschior | |||
| 1987 | Bruno Puyfoulhoux, Claude Alaphilippe | |||
| 1989 | Thierry Carlin, Eric Archambault | |||
| 1991 | Stefan Eich, Gregor Simon | |||
| 1993 | Stefan Eich, Gregor Simon | |||
| 1995 | Ulrich Knittel, Andreas Dajek | |||
| 1996 | Štefan Grega, Ján Šutek | |||
| 1998 | Didier Baylag, Bertrand Baechler | |||
| 2000 | Philippe Aymard, Sebastien Pigeron | |||
| 2002 | Gregor Simon, Thomas Haas | |||
| 2004 | Gregor Simon, Thomas Haas | |||
| 2006 | Tobias Trozska, Jannik Göbel | |||
| 2008 | Cyral Leblond, Stephane Santamaria | |||
| 2010 | Ján Šutek, Štefan Grega | |||
| 2012 | Lars Walter, Johannes Baumann | |||
| 2014 | Mathias Nies, Dominik Pesch | |||
| 2016 | Peter Žnidaršič, Luka Žganjar | |||
| 2018 | Ancelin Gourjault, Lucas Pazat | |||
| 2022 | Ancelin Gourjault, Nicolas Sauteur | |||
| 2024 | Corentin Combe, Clément Monjanel |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rémy Clermont, Guillaume Suply | Vladimir Vala, Jaroslav Slúčik | Jean-Marc Gauthier, Dominique Laurent | |
| 2004 | Vladimir Vala, Jaroslav Slúčik | Cyril Leblond, David Silotto | Ľuboš Šoška, Peter Šoška | |
| 2006 | David Silotto, Cyril Leblond | David Lisicky, Jan Vlcek | Frédéric Momot, Michael Didier | |
| 2008 | Matus Kunhart, Peter Šoška | Frédéric Momot, Michael Didier | Cyril Leblond, Stéphane Santamaria | |
| 2010 | Sašo Taljat, Luka Božič | Theodore Heitz, Thomas Peltriaux | Lars Walter, Johannes Baumann | |
| 2011 | Lars Walter, Johannes Baumann | Michael Cordier, Tom Bar | Marc Brodiez, Pierre Le Clezio | |
| 2012 | Guillaume Alzingre, Yann Claudepierre | Damien Guyonnet, Gaetan Guyonnet | Michal Sramek, Lukas Tomek | |
| 2013 | Sašo Taljat, Luka Božič | Blaž Cof, Simon Hočevar | Jan Šťastný, Ondrej Rolenc | |
| 2014 | Peter Žnidaršič, Luka Zganjar | Simon Hočevar, Blaž Cof | Marek Rygel, Petr Veselý | |
| 2015 | Damien Mareau, Pierre Troubady | Peter Žnidaršič, Luka Zganjar | Blaž Cof, Simon Hočevar | |
| 2016 | Quentin Dazeur, Stéphane Santamaria | Peter Žnidaršič, Luka Zganjar | Louis Lapointe, Tony Debray | |
| 2017 | Quentin Dazeur, Stéphane Santamaria | Louis Lapointe, Tony Debray | Damien Mareau, Pierre Troubady | |
| 2018 | Quentin Dazeur, Stéphane Santamaria | Ancelin Gourjault, Lucas Pazat | Louis Lapointe, Tony Debray | |
| 2019 | Louis Lapointe, Tony Debray | Marek Rygel, Petr Veselý | Quentin Dazeur, Stéphane Santamaria | |
| 2021 | Daniel Suchánek, Ondřej Rolenc | Stéphane Santamaria, Quentin Dazeur | Pierre Troubady, Hugues Moret | |
| 2022 | Stéphane Santamaria, Quentin Dazeur | Pierre Troubady, Hugues Moret | Daniel Suchánek, Ondřej Rolenc | |
| 2023 | Daniel Suchánek, Ondřej Rolenc | Nicolas Sauteur, Theo Viens | Hugues Moret, Pierre Troubady | |
| 2024 | Corentin Combe, Clément Monjanel | Hugues Moret, Pierre Troubady | Theo Viens, Nicolas Sauteur |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Elsa Gaubert, Margot Béziat | Alice Panato, Cecilia Panato | Hannah Müller, Mona Clavadetscher | |
| 2024 | Clara Gaubert, Elsa Gaubert | Mona Clavadetscher, Hannah Müller | Ève Vitali-Guilbert, Lisa Lebouc |
Top male paddlers with the best medal record including only individual events are listed below.[5]
| Paddler | Country | Born | Events | From | To | Tot. | ||||||
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| 1 | 1972 | C1 classic and sprint | 1993 | 2018 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 1963 | C1 classic + C2 classic and sprint | 1989 | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 1963 | C2 classic and sprint | 1993 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | align=left bgcolor=lawngreen | 1982 | C1 classic and sprint | 2000 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 1983 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2004 | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | align=left bgcolor=lawngreen | 1984 | K1 classic and sprint | 2010 | 2014 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 7 | align=left bgcolor=lawngreen | 1977 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2013 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 8 | align=left bgcolor=lawngreen | 1991 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2008 | 2019 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 9 | align=left bgcolor=lawngreen | 1992 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2014 | 2019 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
See main article: world championships.