Canoe Slalom World Cup | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Canoe slalom |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | mostly Europe |
Inaugurated | 1988 |
Previous event | 2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup |
Next event | 2025 Canoe Slalom World Cup |
Organised by | International Canoe Federation (ICF) |
2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup |
The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup is an annual season-long series of top level races in canoe slalom held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1988 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak. A women's single canoe discipline (C1) has been added to the world cup in 2010. The men's C2 event was removed from the world cup series in 2018 and it was replaced by the mixed C2 event. The mixed C2 event only lasted for one season, however. 2018 was also the first time that world cup points were awarded for the kayak cross (called extreme K1 at the time).
The world cup is a series of individual races usually taking place during the summer months of June, July and August. The athlete (or boat) that accumulates the highest number of points from all world cup races in the given discipline becomes the overall world cup champion. The scoring system as well as the number of world cup races have changed multiple times over the years. Currently the winner of a world cup race gets 60 points (120 points in the World Cup Final). The points for lower positions vary by discipline.
World Cup races take place mostly in Europe, with the most common stops in Augsburg, Prague, Tacen and La Seu d'Urgell. On rare occasions there were World Cup events on other continents with Penrith being the most visited venue outside of Europe. In the early years the races were sometimes held on natural courses, but only artificial courses have been used in recent years.
Showing paddlers who have won at least 2 World Cup titles.
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 | Total |
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1 | Pavol Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | |
3 | Jiří Rohan (CZE) | 1983–1997 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
Miroslav Šimek (CZE) | 1977–1997 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | |
5 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | 1994–active | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
6 | Vít Přindiš (CZE) | 2005–active | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
Matej Beňuš (SVK) | 2002–active | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | |
8 | Jon Lugbill (USA) | 1975–1995 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
Richard Fox (GBR) | 1977–1993 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Gareth Marriott (GBR) | 1986–1997 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
Scott Shipley (USA) | 1988–2004 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | 1990–2004 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Ladislav Škantár (SVK) | 1998–2018 | - | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
Peter Škantár (SVK) | 1998–2018 | - | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
Peter Kauzer (SLO) | 1999–active | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) | 1998–2023 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
Jiří Prskavec (CZE) | 2008–active | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
18 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA) | 1987–2005 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Patrice Estanguet (FRA) | 1990–2004 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Frank Adisson (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
Tony Estanguet (FRA) | 1994–2012 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Fabian Dörfler (GER) | 2001–2014 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
Robin Bell (AUS) | 1997–2009 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Erik Pfannmöller (GER) | 2001–2008 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
Stanislav Ježek (CZE) | 1994–2017 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Sebastian Schubert (GER) | 2004–2019 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
Gauthier Klauss (FRA) | 2003–2018 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
Matthieu Péché (FRA) | 2003–2018 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
Sideris Tasiadis (GER) | 2005–active | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Joseph Clarke (GBR) | 2009–active | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 mixed | Total |
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1 | Jessica Fox (AUS) | 2008–active | 7 | 5 | – | – | 12 |
2 | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | 1988–2019 | – | 6 | – | – | 6 |
3 | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | 1999–2021 | – | 4 | – | – | 4 |
4 | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (FRA) | 1979–1996 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Lynn Simpson (GBR) | 1988–1997 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Tereza Fišerová (CZE) | 2013–active | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
Ricarda Funk (GER) | 2008–active | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
8 | Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | 1988–2017 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) | 2006–2019 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) | 2002–active | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
Mallory Franklin (GBR) | 2010–active | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Kimberley Woods (GBR) | 2011–active | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Showing top ten male and female paddlers by race victories. Statistics are missing all races from 1988 and some races from 1989.
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 | Total |
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1 | Pavol Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 |
Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 | |
3 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | 1994–active | 20 | – | – | – | 20 |
4 | Jiří Rohan (CZE) | 1983–1997 | – | – | – | 19 | 19 |
Miroslav Šimek (CZE) | 1977–1997 | – | – | – | 19 | 19 | |
6 | Tony Estanguet (FRA) | 1994–2012 | 18 | – | – | – | 18 |
7 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | 1999–active | - | 13 | – | – | 13 |
8 | Frank Adisson (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 11 | 11 | |
Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | 1990–2004 | - | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
Scott Shipley (USA) | 1988–2004 | - | 11 | – | – | 11 |
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 mixed | Total |
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1 | Jessica Fox (AUS) | 2008–active | 33 | 17 | 2 | – | 52 |
2 | Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | 1988–2017 | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
3 | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | 1988–2019 | – | 14 | – | – | 14 |
4 | Ricarda Funk (GER) | 2008–active | – | 11 | – | – | 11 |
Mallory Franklin (GBR) | 2010–active | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | 11 | |
6 | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | 1988–1997 | – | 10 | – | – | 10 |
7 | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | 1999–2021 | – | 9 | – | – | 9 |
8 | Mandy Planert (GER) | 1992–2008 | – | 8 | – | – | 8 |
Maialen Chourraut (ESP) | 2000–active | – | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
10 | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (FRA) | 1979–1996 | – | 7 | – | – | 7 |
Showing top ten paddlers by medal record per discipline (at least 2 wins required). Statistics are missing all races from 1988 and some races from 1989.
C1 men
| K1 men
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Kayak cross men
| C2 men
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C1 women
| K1 women
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Rank | Name | Total | |||
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1 | Martina Wegman (NED) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Mallory Franklin (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Veronika Vojtová (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Kimberley Woods (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Ana Sátila (BRA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Jessica Fox (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Alsu Minazova (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Nation | C1 men | C1 women | C2 men | C2 mixed | K1 men | K1 women | Kayak cross men | Kayak cross women | Total | |
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1 | Slovakia | 12 | 14 | 10 | 36 | |||||
2 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | |||
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |||
5 | France | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | ||||
6 | Australia | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | |||||
7 | United States | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
8 | Slovenia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
9 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
10 | Italy | 3 | 3 | |||||||
11 | Austria | 2 | 2 | |||||||
12 | China | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Canada | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Russia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Brazil | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Netherlands | 1 | 1 |
46 unique venues have held a Canoe Slalom World Cup between 1989 and 2019. This includes those that have held the World Championships or Continental Championships which counted towards world cup points (2005–2010 and 2018). As of 2008, a world cup has been held on every inhabited continent.
Venue | Events held |
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Augsburg , Germany | 22 |
Tacen , Slovenia | 18 |
La Seu d'Urgell , Spain Prague , Czech Republic | 17 |
Bratislava , Slovakia | 8 |
Penrith , Australia | 6 |
Bourg-Saint-Maurice , France Ocoee , United States | 5 |
Pau , France Wausau , United States | 4 |
Mezzana , Italy Minden , Canada Merano , Italy Liptovský Mikuláš , Slovakia Athens , Greece Mangahao , New Zealand Markkleeberg , Germany | 3 |
Nottingham , UK Lofer , Austria L'Argentière-la-Bessée , France Cardiff , UK Lee Valley , UK Kraków , Poland Ivrea , Italy | 2 |
Savage River , United States Réal , France Murupara , New Zealand Launceston , Australia Asahi , Japan Três Coroas , Brazil Björbo , Sweden Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre , France Goumois , France Guangzhou , China Tibagi , Brazil Naein-chun , South Korea Kern River , United States Madawaska , Canada Zhangjiajie , China Foz do Iguaçu , Brazil Sagana , Kenya Charlotte , United States Nakhon Nayok , Thailand Kananaskis , Canada Xiasi , China Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 1 |
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