ICF Stand Up Paddling World Championships is an International Canoe Federation competition in stand up paddling (SUP) in which athletes compete in technical and sprint races. [1] The event is held annually and was first contested in 2019. There is a rival world championships in SUP held by the International Surf Association. [2]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |  Lincoln Dews (AUS) |  Connor Baxter (USA) | Ty Judson (AUS) |
| 2021 |  Noïc Garioud (FRA) | Connor Baxter (USA) |  Itzel Delgado (PER) |
| 2022 | Connor Baxter (USA) | Titouan Puyo (FRA) |  Rai Taguchi (JPN) |
| 2023 | Connor Baxter (USA) | Itzel Delgado (PER) |  Antonio Morillo (ESP) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Connor Baxter (USA) |  Claudio Nika (ITA) |  Arthur Santacreu (BRA) |
| 2021 | Noïc Garioud (FRA) | Connor Baxter (USA) | Claudio Nika (ITA) |
| 2022 | Connor Baxter (USA) | Noïc Garioud (FRA) | Claudio Nika (ITA) |
| 2023 | Noïc Garioud (FRA) | Connor Baxter (USA) |  Andrey Kraitor (BUL) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Michael Booth (AUS) |  Bruno Hasulyó (HUN) | Daniel Hasulyó (HUN) |
| 2021 | Titouan Puyo (FRA) | Noïc Garioud (FRA) | Daniel Hasulyó (HUN) |
| 2022 | Michael Booth (AUS) | Titouan Puyo (FRA) | Clément Colmas (FRA) |
| 2023 | Noïc Garioud (FRA) | Shuri Araki (JPN) | Rai Taguchi (JPN) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Paolo Marconi (ITA) |  Jonas Pauldrach (GER) | Martino Rogai (ITA) |
| 2021 |  Andrey Kraitor (RUS) | Márton Kövér (HUN) |  Christian Taucher (AUT) |
| 2022 | Michael Booth (AUS) | Paolo Marconi (ITA) | Normen Weber (GER) |
| 2023 | Michael Booth (AUS) | Andrey Kraitor (BUL) | Vincenzo Manobianco (ITA) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Andrii Kraitor (BUL) | Vincenzo Manobianco (ITA) | Liran Machlev (ICF) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Olivia Piana (FRA) | Susak Molinero (ESP) | Fiona Wylde (USA) |
| 2021 | Fiona Wylde (USA) | Esperanza Barreras (ESP) | April Zilg (USA) |
| 2022 | Mélanie Lafenêtre (FRA) |  Caroline Kuntzel (DEN) | Duna Gordillo (ESP) |
| 2023 | Esperanza Barreras (ESP) | Mélanie Lafenêtre (FRA) |  Juliette DuHaime (ARG) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Olivia Piana (FRA) | Jessika Souza (BRA) |  Tarryn King (RSA) |
| 2021 | Elena Prokhorova (RUS) | Natalia Novitskaya (RUS) | April Zilg (USA) |
| 2022 | April Zilg (USA) | Mélanie Lafenêtre (FRA) | Amandine Chazot (FRA) |
| 2023 | Seychelle Webster (USA) | Juliette DuHaime (ARG) | Tarryn King (RSA) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sonia Hönscheid (GER) | Olivia Piana (FRA) | Fiona Wylde (USA) |
| 2021 | Fiona Wylde (USA) | Esperanza Barreras (ESP) | Elena Prokhorova (RUS) |
| 2022 | Esperanza Barreras (ESP) | Duna Gordillo (ESP) | Mélanie Lafenêtre (FRA) |
| 2023 | Esperanza Barreras (ESP) | Kimberly Barnes (USA) | Duna Gordillo (ESP) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Noémi Horváth (HUN) |  Esti Froimovici (ISR) | Anastacia Pavlova (RUS) |
| 2021 | Olivia Piana (FRA) |  Émilie Fournel (CAN) | Noémi Horváth (HUN) |
| 2022 | Danielle Holdsworth (CAN) | Nóra Kövér (HUN) | Esti Froimovici (ISR) |
| 2023 |  Lim Su-jeong (KOR) | Kim Young-mi (KOR) |  Aidah Sitianingsih (INA) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  Edwina Woo (SIN) | Lim Su-jeong (KOR) |  Georgia Evangelidi (GRE) |
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