Serguey Torres Madrigal is a Cuban sprint canoeist who mostly competes in flatwater canoe doubles (C-2). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, including two silvers and two bronzes. He competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event. He placed ninth, sixth and sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively.
Sebastian Brendel is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.
Fernando Ismael Fernandes Pimenta is a Portuguese sprint canoeist who has won multiple medals at the Olympic Games, World and European championships. At club level, he represents Benfica.
Tamara Csipes is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and a silver medal in the Women's K-1 500 metres
Karolina Elżbieta Naja is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and silver medal in Women's K-2 500 metres.
Erlon de Souza Silva is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who competes in the 1000 m doubles event (C-2). He placed tenth at the 2012 Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games. He won two more silver medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and became a world champion in 2015.
Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He is the only Brazilian athlete to ever win three medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games, and the third most decorated Brazilian athlete with four medals overall, including a gold medal.
Serghei Tarnovschi is a Moldovan-Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's C-1 1000 m, winning a bronze medal.
Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez is a Cuban sprint canoeist. He took up canoeing in late 2015 and won the 2016 Pan American Championships with Serguey Torres in the C-2 1000 m event. They finished sixth at the 2016 Olympics. He also competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event.
Justyna Iskrzycka is a Polish sprint canoeist. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres. At the 2019 European Games, she won a bronze medal
The men's C-1 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.
The men's C-2 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 3 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 28 canoeists from 14 nations competed.
Liu Hao is a Chinese sprint canoeist.
Tim Hecker is a German sprint canoeist.
Ghailene Khattali is a Tunisian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 2019 African Games and he won the gold medals in the C-1 200 metres and C-1 1000 metres events. He also won the bronze medals in the C-2 200 metres and C-2 1000 metres events, alongside Mohamed Kendaoui.
Bernadette Wallace is an Australian canoeist. She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed in the Women's C-1 200 metres and with Josephine Bulmer in the Women's C-2 500 metres. They were unable to progress past the quarterfinals of the women’s C-1 200m, while they finished 13th as a pair in the C-2 500m.
Jean van der Westhuyzen is an Australian sprint canoeist. He was educated at Michaelhouse, Balgowan, KwaZulu Natal.
Zheng Pengfei is a Chinese sprint canoeist. He along with Canoe Sprint partner Liu Hao, competed in the men's C-2 1000 metres event at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and won Silver.
Thomas Anthony Green is an Australian sprint canoeist. He won a gold medal in the K2 1000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing alongside Jean van der Westhuyzen. He also competed in the K1 1000 metres in Tokyo, finishing in seventh place.
Petr Fuksa Jr. is a Czech canoeist. He competed in the men's C-1 1000 metres and men's C-2 1000 metres events at 2020 Summer Olympics.
