World Cup Champions
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K1 and C1 men and women; C2 men
C2 women
| Year | C2 women |
|---|---|
| 2016 |  Cindy Coat, Haab Claire |
| 2017 |  Cecilia Panato, Alice Panato |
| 2018 | Pauline Freslon, Lisa Lebouc |
| 2019 | not diputated |
The Wildwater Canoeing World Cup is an annual series of races in wildwater canoeing held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1989 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak. [1]
Each edition has six races to assign the cup in three events, each race has two races.
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| Year | C2 women |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Cindy Coat, Haab Claire |
| 2017 | Cecilia Panato, Alice Panato |
| 2018 | Pauline Freslon, Lisa Lebouc |
| 2019 | not diputated |
Wildwater canoeing is a competitive discipline of canoeing in which kayaks or canoes are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily. It is also called "Whitewater racing" or "Downriver racing" to distinguish it from whitewater slalom racing and whitewater rodeo or Freestyle competition.
Canoe slalom is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as Canoe/Kayak Slalom. The other Olympic canoeing discipline is canoe sprint. Wildwater canoeing is a non-Olympic paddlesport.
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.
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed canoes or kayaks on calm water over a short distance. The sport is governed over by the International Canoe Federation and it is one of the two kayaking and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics. The other Olympic canoeing discipline is canoe slalom.
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.
Jaroslav Slúčik is a former Czechoslovak-Slovak wildwater canoeist and slalom canoeist who competed in canoe slalom in the 1980s and in wildwater canoeing until 2013.
The Wildwater Canoeing World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every two years from 1959 to 1995 and then from 1996 to 2001, from 2011 the event is annual.
Cecilia Panato is an Italian female canoeist who won six medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Félix Bouvet is a French male canoeist who won two medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Louis Lapointe is a French male canoeist who won 26 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Quentin Dazeur is a French male canoeist who won 24 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Ondřej Rolenc is a Czech male canoeist who won 35 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Simon Oven is a Slovenian male canoeist who won four medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Vladi Panato is an Italian male canoeist who won 15 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Alice Panato is an Italian female canoeist who won two medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Jošt Zakrajšek is a Slovenian male canoeist who won a Wildwater Canoeing World Cup in C1.
Vladimir Vala is a former Slovak male Wildwater canoeist who competed from the 1980s to 2010s, specializing primarily in the C2 discipline, where he was partnered by Jaroslav Slúčik.
Kamil Mrůzek is a Czech male canoeist who won several medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Paul Jean is a French male canoeist who won medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Paul Graton is a French male canoeist who won medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.
Eight-time World beater, and perhaps the greatest canoeist ever, Vladi Panato forfeited the race and his shot at winning the World Cups. Vladi just shook his head in disgust and refused to paddle the class ZERO canal.