Fanny Fischer is a German canoe sprinter who has been competing since 1996 and on the senior circuit since 2006. She won a gold in the women's K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and finished fourth in the K-2 500 m event at those same games.
Sylvi Riitta Saimo was a Finnish sprint canoeist and politician. She was the first female Finnish Olympic Champion at the Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in K-1 500 m at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She also competed in cross-country skiing, athletics and orienteering. She was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 1966 to 1978.
Galina Savenko was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. She won two bronze medals at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m events.
Sonia Molanes Costa is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since the early 2000's. She won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds, a silver, and five bronzes.
Larissa Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich is a Russian-born Israeli sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). She won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1995, 1998, and 2002.
Tatyana Tischenko is a Russian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes.
Marta Anna Walczykiewicz is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. She won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one gold, eight silvers and a bronze.
Olga Tishchenko is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). She won a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan.
Franziska John is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.
Nina Aleksandrovna Gruzintseva was a Russian Soviet canoe sprinter who had her best achievements on the 500 m distance in doubles. In this event she won a world title in 1958 and two European titles in 1957 and 1961; she finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. She also won European medals in the single and quad kayak events. Between 1955 and 1968 she won 18 national titles. After retiring from competitions she worked as a referee, particularly at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Salakhov is a Russian former canoe sprinter. Competing in the K-1 4 × 200 m event he won a silver medal at the 2011 and a bronze at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
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
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.
Gabrielle Tuleu is a French sprint canoeist. Tuleu is a member of Canoe-Kayak Club Tours in Tours, and is coached and trained by Jean-Pascal Crochet.
Joanne Mayer is a French sprint canoeist. Mayer is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Mulhouse-AS Cheminots Riedisheim, and is coached and trained by her father Sébastien Mayer, who competed in the men's kayak four at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Her grandfather Albert Mayer, on the other hand, also participated in the same discipline at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Sarah Guyot is a French sprint canoeist. Guyot is a member of Canoe Kayak Club Tours in Tours, and is coached and trained by Nicolas Maillot. She began to canoe when she was 10, following an elder brother who also canoed at that time.
Vera Valeryevna Sobetova is a Russian sprint canoeist. Sobetova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in sprint kayak doubles and four. For her first event, the women's K-4 500 metres, Sobetova and her teammates Yuliana Salakhova, Natalia Podolskaya, and Yulia Kachalova finished seventh in the final by six thousandths of a second (0.006) behind the Portuguese team, with a time of 1:33.459. The following day, Sobetova and her partner Natalia Lobova paddled to a seventh-place finish and fifteenth overall in the B-final of the women's K-2 500 metres, by nineteen hundredths of a second (0.19) ahead of the Romanian pair Irina Lauric and Iuliana Paleu, posting their time of 1:52.277.
Nataliya Yuryevna Podolskaya is a Russian sprint canoeist.
Yuliya Nikolayevna Kachalova is a Russian sprint canoeist. Kachalova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-4 500 metres, along her teammates Yuliana Salakhova, Vera Sobetova, and Natalia Podolskaya. Kachalova and her team finished seventh in the final by six thousandths of a second (0.006) behind the Portuguese team, with a time of 1:33.459.
Michelle Russell is a Canadian sprint kayaker.
