The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 days. The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.
Natasa Dusev-Janics is a Yugoslavian-Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed for Hungary since 2001 and has won six Olympic medals in the sprint canoe events.
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every non-Olympic year since 1970 and officially included paracanoe events since 2010; since 2012, paracanoe-specific editions of this event have been held in Summer Paralympic years.
Štěpánka Hilgertová is a former Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2017. Competing in six Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in 1996 and 2000.
Fabien Lefèvre is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998. As a permanent resident of the United States, he has competed for his country of residence since 2013. He represented France until 2011. He won two medals at the Summer Olympics in the K1 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004. He has a son called Noe Lefèvre.
Nicolas Peschier is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016. In the early part of his career he was specializing on the C1 class. He also competed in the C2 class from 2011 to 2015 together with Pierre Labarelle.
Stefano Cipressi is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000.
Catherine Ann "Cathy" Hearn-Röthenmund is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s.
Corinna Kuhnle is an Austrian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.
Jasmin Schornberg is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2001.
Eva Terčelj is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2007.
Dana Mann is a Slovak-born American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2000 to 2015, specializing in the K1 discipline. She represented the United States from 2013 to 2015.
Amanda Jane "AJ" Jennings is an Australian paracanoeist who has won two gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. She won a silver medal in the Women's 200m KL3 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Susan Seipel is an Australian Para-canoeist, a gold and bronze medallist in kayak and outrigger canoe at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Emma Clare Wiggs, is a British paracanoeist and former sitting volleyball player, who competes in the KL2 classification of paracanoe. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the KL2 category, gold and silver at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in VL2 and KL2 categories, and is also an eleven-time world champion. As a volleyball player she was part of the Great Britain team that competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Martha Ann "Mattie" Rogers is an American Olympic weightlifter. She is a four-time silver medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships. She holds the United States record in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total in the 76 kg category. She competed for the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 87 kg category.
Tsukasa Yoshida is a Japanese judoka. Yoshida won a bronze medal in the 57 kg competition, and silver medal in mixed team at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Utana Yoshida is a Japanese ice dancer, who currently competes with Masaya Morita. They are the 2023–24 Japanese national bronze medalists.
Zachary Lokken is an American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the C1 event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
Kelly Allen is an American paracanoeist who competes in international level events. Allen was born without her left leg and uses a prosthetic leg in daily life.
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