Michele Eray (born 5 May 1979) is a South African canoe sprinter, marathon canoeist, and surfski paddler who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished seventh in the K-4 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. She finished first of the women in the 2011 Berg River Canoe Marathon, clocking an aggregate time of 19:06.02 in the 4-day event. Michele was the 2013 ICF Canoe Ocean racing (surfski) World Champion, won the silver medal at the 2015 ICF Ocean Racing World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 2007 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships. and placed 4th four times. She has also won the notorious Cape Point Challenge Surfski Race 4 times.
She moved to the US to become Sprint High Performance Manager at USA Canoe Kayak. [1]
She represented the US in the ICF Marathon World Championships in the WK1 in 2014, finishing 11th [2] as well as placing 4th in 2015, and 7th in 2018, both in the WK2 event.
Adam Joseph van Koeverden is a Canadian sprint kayaker and politician. He is an Olympic gold medallist in the K-1 500m category (2004) and a two-time world champion in K-1 500 (2007) and K-1 1000 (2011), winning four Olympic and eight world championship medals. His home club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville, Ontario.
Eirik Verås Larsen is a Norwegian sprint kayaker who has competed internationally since the early 1990s. He has participated in three Summer Olympics, and has won a complete set of medals.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide. 157 countries are affiliated with the ICF after seven national federations were added at the 2008 ICF Congress in Rome.
A surfski is a type of kayak in the kayaking "family" of paddling craft. It is generally the longest of all kayaks and is a performance oriented kayak designed for speed on open water, most commonly the ocean, although it is well suited to all bodies of water and recreational paddling.
Erika Mészáros is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.
Jules Timothy Brabants MBE is a British sprint kayaker who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with one gold and two bronzes.
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Gregory Mark Barton is an American sprint kayaker who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
Gabriella Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.
Danuta Kozák is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. She has won one silver, one bronze and six Olympic gold medals, three of which in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the only female to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and bronze medal in Women's K-2 500 metres.
Franziska John is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.
Carrie Ann Johnson is an American sprint canoer who has competed in the individual and team Canoeing events at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
Yvonne Schuring is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. Together with teammate Viktoria Schwarz, she won gold at the 2011 World Championships in the K-2 500 m event. She won a bronze in the same event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with the same teammate.
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.
Tomáš Ježek is a Czech flatwater canoer who has been competing in canoe marathon on international level since 1994. Competing at many World Championships in marathon he won one silver medal on K1 in Týn nad Vltavou 2008.
Louisa Jane Gurski is a London 2012 Olympic Games finalist who competes in Sprint Kayaker for Great Britain. She was brought up in Walton-on-Thames and started Kayaking at Elmbridge Canoe Club, Weybridge at the age of 10.
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Jon Schofield is a British canoeist. He partnered with Liam Heath in the men's kayak double 200m sprint event, and they have won a bronze in K-2 200 at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and a silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event. They have also won gold at the European Championships three times as well as silver and bronze medals at the World Championships.
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