Tony Estanguet is a French slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1. He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012.
The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years. The 2001 championships were scheduled to take place in Ducktown, Tennessee from 20 to 23 September, but were canceled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal an der Drau, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time in a row after hosting the event previously in 1963. It was the 9th edition. It also marked some changes in which the folding kayak events were replaced by standard kayaks for the men's and women's events. Additionally, the mixed C2 team event returned for the first time since 1957.
The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 33rd edition. Tacen hosted the event previously in 1955 and 1991 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and joins the following cities that have hosted the event three times: Spittal, Austria ; Meran, Italy ; Bourg St.-Maurice, France ; and Augsburg, Germany. Women's single canoe (C1W) events became a medal event after being an exhibition in the previous championships.
Jan Mašek is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1995.
Václav Janoušek is a Czechoslovak retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s. He won two medals at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal with a gold in the Mixed C2 event and a silver in the Mixed C2 team event.
Ladislav Měšťan is a Czechoslovak retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold, three silvers and two bronzes.
Zdeněk Měšťan is a Czechoslovak retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold, three silvers and two bronzes.
Pavel Schwarc is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won two medals at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal with a gold in the C-2 team event and a silver in the C-2 event.
Jiřina Valenta is a retired Czechoslovak-American wildwater and slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s with then-husband Josef Šedivec under the last name Šedivcová. She won two silver medals at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal, earning them in the C2 Mixed and C2 Mixed Team events. She also won a silver medal in the individual C2 Mixed Whitewater Downriver event and a gold medal in the C2 Mixed Team Whitewater Downriver event at the 1965 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, likewise held in Spittal.
Erika Schönfeld is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s. She won two medals at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal, with a gold in the Mixed C-2 team event and a bronze in the Mixed C-2 event.
Horst Wängler is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds, a silver and a bronze.
Denis Gargaud Chanut is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level in C1 since 2004. Between 2009 and 2011 he also competed in the C2 category alongside Fabien Lefèvre. He won a gold medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Candice Clark is an American former slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. She was once married to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Clark is the daughter of Louise Clark, owner of the Lafayette hillside memorial. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1979 with a degree in business administration. She is now married to Ronald J. Kauffman.
Monika Lehmann is a former East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s. She won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.
Rolf Müller is a former East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.
The 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships was the 38th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 22 September to 1 October 2017 in Pau, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium. Pau was also hosting the Wildwater canoeing world championships as part of the same event.
Rosalyn "Ros" Lawrence is an Australian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. She also competes in wildwater and creeking events.
Milada Absolonová is a Czechoslovak retired slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1960s. She won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.
Antonín Absolon is a retired Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1960s. He won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.
