Canoeing Legends
Olympic canoe sprint and slalom champions from the flatwater and whitewater.
The All-Time Greatest Canoeing Paddlers
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Canoeing Athletes
Browse 12 of the greatest canoeing paddlers of all time.
German
Birgit Fischer
Sprint Kayaker
German canoeist and kayaker, the most successful female Olympic paddler in history with 8 Olympic…
New Zealander
Lisa Carrington
Sprint Kayaker
New Zealand canoeist and sprint kayaker, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion,…
Swedish
Gert Fredriksson
Sprint Canoeist
Swedish sprint kayaker regarded as the most successful male canoeist in Olympic history, winning…
Romanian
Ivan Patzaichin
Sprint Canoeist
Romanian canoeist widely regarded as his country's greatest, who won four Olympic gold medals…
New Zealander
Ian Ferguson
Sprint Kayaker
New Zealand sprint kayaker who became the first Kiwi to win three gold medals at a single Olympics,…
Canadian
Adam van Koeverden
Sprint Kayaker
Canadian sprint kayaker and the country's most successful Olympic paddler, who later became a…
German
Sebastian Brendel
Sprint Canoeist
German sprint canoeist and three-time Olympic champion who became the first paddler in 64 years to…
Hungarian
Natasa Dusev-Janics
Sprint Kayaker
Serbian-born Hungarian sprint kayaker who won three Olympic gold medals and formed one of women's…
French
Tony Estanguet
Slalom Canoeist
French slalom canoeist and the only paddler in the sport's history to win individual Olympic gold…
Slovak
Michal Martikán
Slalom Canoeist
Slovak slalom canoeist and the most decorated paddler in Olympic slalom history, who became…
Australian
Jessica Fox
Slalom Canoeist
French-born Australian slalom paddler and the most decorated athlete in Olympic canoe slalom…
German
Ricarda Funk
Slalom Kayaker
German slalom kayaker who produced one of the biggest upsets in Olympic canoeing history, denying…
Canoeing Nations
German
3
athletes
New Zealander
2
athletes
Swedish
1
athletes
Romanian
1
athletes
Canadian
1
athletes
Hungarian
1
athletes
French
1
athletes
Slovak
1
athletes