Ian Gordon Ferguson is New Zealand's second most successful Olympian. He won four Olympic gold medals competing in K1, K2, and K4 kayak events, and attended five Summer Olympics between 1976 and 1992. He also won two canoe sprint world championship titles.
Ferenc Csipes is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1985 to 1996. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.
Zsolt Gyulai is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. He competed at 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won four medals: two gold and two silver. He also won fourteen medals at the world championships: six golds, four silvers, and four bronzes.
Sándor Hódosi is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a gold in the K-4 1000 m event.
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed from 1997 to 2005.
Anna Wood is a Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-2 500 m, earning them in 1988 with the Netherlands and 1996 with Australia.
Anna Maria ("Annemiek") Josephine Derckx is a Dutch sprint canoeist who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned two bronze medals.
Alan Blair Thompson is a sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He competed at three Olympic Games (1980–1988) and won two Olympic gold medals for New Zealand.
Grant Bramwell is a sprint canoeist who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m at Los Angeles in 1984 with Alan Thompson, Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald. Bramwell also won a K-1 10000 m bronze at the 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mechelen.
Chantal Meek is an English-born Australian sprint canoeist and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Beijing in 2008.
Aurel Vernescu was a Romanian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won three medals with a silver in 1972 in the K-4 1000 m and two bronze medals in 1964 in the K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events. He served as a flag bearer for Romania at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics.
Aleksandr Shaparenko is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two golds and one silver.
André Gerhard Wohllebe was an East German-German sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with a gold and two bronzes. He was born in Berlin.
Nils Björklöf was a Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events.
György Mészáros was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals at Rome in 1960, earning them in the K-1 4 × 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.
Karl-Axel "Kalle" Sundqvist is a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Motuzenko, also known as Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Motuzenko, is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event.
Herbert Laabs is an East German sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, two silvers, and two bronzes.
Sergey Kalesnik is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds and three silvers.
Aleksandr Ivanik is a Russian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. He won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds, three silvers, and four bronzes.
