Paracanoe at the Summer Paralympics | |
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Events | 8 (men: 4; women: 4) |
Games | |
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Paracanoe debuted at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. [1] [2] [3] A meeting of the International Paralympic Committee in Guangzhou, China in 2010 decided to add paracanoe to the roster of the Summer Paralympic Games. [4]
Paracanoe is a variant of canoeing for athletes with a variety of physical disabilities. The sport is governed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). [5]
Competition at the Summer Paralympic Games consists of sprint races over a 200m straight line course. [6] Eight different events are held. [5]
The first paracanoe programme at the Paralympics in 2016 featured competitors using single kayaks (K1). [6] For the 2020 paracanoe competitions, a second type of boat, the va'a, was added. This is an outrigger canoe propelled by a single bladed paddle. [7]
There are three different classes for competitors with different physical mobility impairments: [6]
Updated to 2020 Summer Paralympics
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RPC (RPC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 46 |
The KL1 Class is for paracanoe paddlers who have very limited or no trunk function and no leg function. [8]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Jakub Tokarz Poland | Robert Suba Hungary | Ian Marsden Great Britain |
2020 | Péter Pál Kiss Hungary | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | Rémy Boullé France |
The KL 2 class is for paracanoe paddlers with partial leg and trunk function alongside good arm strength. A KL2 class paddler should be able to sit upright within the kayak but may require a backrest. [9]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Curtis McGrath Australia | Markus Swoboda Austria | Nick Beighton Great Britain |
2020 | Curtis McGrath Australia | Mykola Syniuk Ukraine | Federico Mancarella Italy |
The KL3 class is for paracanoe paddlers with trunk function and partial leg function. [10]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine | Tom Kierey Germany | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho Brazil |
2020 | Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine | Leonid Krylov RPC | Robert Oliver Great Britain |
The VL2 classification mirrors the KL2 classification but in reference to the Va'a outrigger canoe type.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2020 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo Brazil | Steven Haxton United States | Norberto Mourão Portugal |
The VL3 classification mirrors the KL3 classification but in reference to the Va'a outrigger canoe type. Some KL2 paddlers will qualify in this classification as a consequence of the extra stability of the outrigger boat.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2020 | Curtis McGrath Australia | Giovane Vieira de Paula Brazil | Stuart Wood Great Britain |
The KL1 Class is for paracanoe paddlers who have very limited or no trunk function and no leg function. [8]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Jeanette Chippington Great Britain | Edina Muller Germany | Kamila Kubas Poland |
2020 | Edina Müller Germany | Maryna Mazhula Ukraine | Katherinne Wollermann Chile |
The KL 2 class is for paracanoe paddlers with partial leg and trunk function alongside good arm strength. A KL2 class paddler should be able to sit upright within the kayak but may require a backrest. [9]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | Nataliia Lagutenko Ukraine | Susan Seipel Australia |
2020 | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | Katalin Varga Hungary |
The KL3 class is for paracanoe paddlers with trunk function and partial leg function. [10]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Anne Dickins Great Britain | Amanda Reynolds Australia | Cindy Moreau France |
2020 | Laura Sugar Great Britain | Nélia Barbosa France | Felicia Laberer Germany |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2020 | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | Susan Seipel Australia | Jeanette Chippington Great Britain |
The following canoeists have won 2 or more medals in para canoe at the Paralympic Games. [11]
Correct as of 16 September 2021:
No. | Athlete | Nation | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 2016-2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Emma Wiggs | Great Britain | 2016-2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 2016-2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Edina Müller | Germany | 2016-2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Jeanette Chippington | Great Britain | 2016-2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Susan Seipel | Australia | 2016-2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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