Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-2 500 m event.
Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won four medals with one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.
Roman Zarubin is a Russian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, three silvers, and three bronzes.
Ognjen Filipović is a Serbian sprint canoer who competed for Serbia and Montenegro and later Serbia. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds, a silver K-4 200 m: 2007 for Serbia), and three bronzes.
Anett Schuck is a German sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-4 500 m event, earning them in 1996 and 2000.
Zhong Hongyan is a Chinese sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze.
Susanne Rosenqvist is a Swedish canoe sprinter and marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-4 500 m event.
Serhiy Nahorniy is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Montreal in 1976 with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events.
Ture Wilhelm "Thor" Axelsson was a Finnish sprint canoer 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. He was born in Helsinki. Axelsson also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in Montreal. The event has been on the Olympic program since then.
Stefan Kapłaniak "Cenek" was a Polish canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.
Sergey Kirsanov is a Soviet and Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Seoul in 1988.
Renate Breuer is a West German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 500 m event at Mexico City in 1968.
Petra Grabowski-Borzym is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the early 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Vladimir Tainikov, Uladzimir Taynikaw is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, a silver, and two bronzes.
Viktor Pusev is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds, a silver, and two bronzes.
Reiner Scholl is a West German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid to late 1980s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, a silver, and a bronze.
Ursula "Uschi" Profanter is an Austrian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). She won two bronze medals at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events.
Lyudmila Bezrukova is a former Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She won two medals at the 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen with a gold in the K-4 500 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events.
Szilvia Mednyánszky is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, three silvers and a bronze.
Jana Smidakova is a Czech-born, Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers and three bronzes
