Katie Vincent (canoeist)

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Katie Vincent
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Vincent in 2021
Personal information
Full nameKatharine Leslie Vincent
Born (1996-03-12) March 12, 1996 (age 29)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Canoe sprint
ClubMississauga Canoe Club
Partner Sloan MacKenzie (C-2)
Coached byKyle Jeffrey and Mark Granger
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris C-1 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo C-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris C-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Racice C-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Copenhagen C-1 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Dartmouth C-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Dartmouth C-4 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Dartmouth C-2 Mix 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Duisburg C-1 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Duisburg C-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Duisburg C-2 Mix 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Milan C-1 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Milan C-2 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Milan C-1 5000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Duisburg C-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Duisburg C-4 500 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago C-2 500 m

Katharine Leslie "Katie" Vincent (born March 12, 1996) is a Canadian sprint canoeist. [1] She won a gold medal in the women's C-1 200 metres event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as two bronze medals in the women's C-2 500 metres event, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Career

She participated at the 2017 Racice, 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2019 Szeged. [2]

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the debut women's canoe events Women's C-1 200 metres. [3] Vincent would later win bronze in the women's C-2 500 metres with partner Laurence Vincent Lapointe. [4] In June 2024, Vincent was named to her second Olympic team. [5] [6] At the Paris Olympics, Vincent won bronze in the C-2 500 event and gold in the C-1 200 event with a World's Best time of 44.12. [7] Vincent became the first women to win a gold medal for Canada in the sport of canoeing.

On June 29, 2025 Vincent set a world record of 2:00.61 in the women's C-1 500-metre event at the Canadian national trials in Montreal, breaking the previous mark of 2:00.73 set by Alena Nazdrova of Belarus at the 2019 world championships. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Katie Vincent | Canoe Kayak Canada".
  2. ↑ C-1 500 m results
  3. ↑ "Qualifying for Tokyo Olympics an unprecedented challenge because of COVID-19". Toronto Sun. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Paula (August 6, 2021). "Vincent Lapointe & Vincent win C-2 500m bronze at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ McGoldrick, Hayley (June 24, 2024). "Team Canada canoe/kayak sprint paddlers aim to keep momentum going at Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ "2021 Olympic medallist Katie Vincent fronts Canada's sprint canoe/kayak team for Paris". www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC Sports. Canadian Press. June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ Pyette, Ryan (August 10, 2024). "Canada's Katie Vincent takes Olympic gold in women's 200m canoe sprint". National Post . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent sets world record in women's C-1 500m at national trials". CBC Sports. June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
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