Ben Fouhy is a New Zealand flatwater and marathon canoeist who has been competing since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the silver in the K-1 1000 m event at Athens in 2004, as well as finishing fourth in the 2008 Olympics and ninth in the 2012 Olympics in the same event. He is the recipient of the 2003 Halberg Award for NZ Sportsman of the Year and a former world record holder in the K1 1000m event.
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.
Martin Marinov is a Bulgarian-born Australian flatwater canoeist who competed from the late 1980s and the mid-2000s (decade). A former "Mr Bulgaria" he won two Olympic medals for that country in the Canadian canoeing 500 m events. Married for Darina Marinova from 07.05.1989. Kids: Georgi Marinov 08.05.1992 and Maria-Veronika Marinova 14.04.1997. Grandkids: Martin Marinov 27.01.2020
The 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, in August 2005.
Roland Kökény is a Hungarian canoe sprinter who competed from the early 2000s in European and World Championships as well as the Olympic Games. A member of the Esztergom Kayak-Canoe club, he is 185 centimetres tall and weighs 82 kilograms.
Marian Baban is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won three silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-4 200 m (2003) and two in the K-4 500 m.
Bob Maesen is a Belgian canoe sprinter who has competed since the late 1990s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville.
Marco Herszel is a German sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships a gold, a silver and two bronzes.
Sofia Paldanius is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Her latest success is when she was fourth at the Olympic Games in London in K1 500 2012. She won four bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
Bengt Backlund was a Swedish flatwater canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-1 1000 m and the C-1 1000m m events.
Olaf Søyland is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He was born in Flekkefjord. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a silver . Søyland also finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Marcin Grzybowski is a Polish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. He won three medals in the C-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers, and a bronze (2002).
Constantin Ciprian Popa is a Romanian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2002. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze. Gold medals European Championship (2008) C-4 500 m in Milano, Italy.
Germain Van Der Moere was a Belgian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague. Van Der Moere also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-2 1000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.
Reiner Kurth is an East German sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.
Cyrille Carré is a French sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.
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.
Jean-Pierre Burny is a Belgian canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze.
Anton Ryakhov is an Uzbek-born Russian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers and six bronzes.
Anton Vasilev is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg and two bronze medals in the K-4 200 m event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg and in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.
