David Florence is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. He is the 2013 and 2015 world champion in individual single canoe (C1) and 2013 champion in double canoe (C2), the latter with Richard Hounslow. Florence was the first canoeist since Charles Dussuet, sixty years earlier, to achieve the C1, C2 double at the same World Championships.
Stanislav Ježek is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1994.
Jan Benzien is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999. Benzien started out as a C1 paddler. Since 2012 he has also been competing in C2, teaming up with Franz Anton.
Vavřinec Hradilek is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003.
Peter Kauzer is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999.
Fabien Lefèvre is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998]. As a permanent resident of the United States, he has competed for his country of residence since 2013. He represented France until 2011. He won two medals at the Summer Olympics in the K1 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004. He has a son called Noe Lefèvre.
Kurt Presslmayr is an Austrian retired slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, with two golds and a bronze.
Elizabeth Rachael "Lizzie" Neave is a British slalom canoeist in women's kayak (K1W). She started competing in 1996 and first gained selection to represent Great Britain at junior level in 2002.
Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000.
Eva Terčelj is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2007.
Hannes Aigner is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
Giovanni De Gennaro is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Kateřina Minařík Kudějová is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2005.
Michael Dawson is a New Zealand slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004.
Étienne Daille is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2007.
Ana Sátila Vieira Vargas is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.
Jiří Prskavec is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.
Martin Dougoud is a Swiss slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He is from Geneva, Switzerland but lives and trains in Pau, France. Martin competes in the single paddler K1 discipline.
The Women's C1 at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 23 and 26 September 2021 at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre in Bratislava. It was the 9th official edition of the event, after it made its debut in 2010. 44 athletes from 22 nations competed.
The Men's K1 at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 23 and 25 September 2021 at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre in Bratislava. It was the 41st edition of the event, and 80 athletes from 36 nations competed.
