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Adam van Koeverden
Adam van Koeverden (born 1982, Toronto) is a Canadian sprint kayaker and Liberal politician. Four Olympic medals (gold K-1 500m Athens 2004), two world titles, MP since 2019, Secretary of State (Sport) since 2025.
Adi Kainz
Adi Kainz (Adolf Kainz, 1903-1948), Austrian sprint canoeist; Olympic gold in K2 1,000 m with Alfons Dorfner at Berlin 1936 (4:03.8), fourth in FK2 10,000 m, and 1938 Vaxholm world bronze for Germany.
Agafia Orlov Buhaev Constantin
Agafia Orlov Buhaev Constantin (born 1955, Mila 23, Romania), Romanian sprint kayaker; competed at 1976, 1980, 1984 Olympics under three names; K2 500 m fourth each time; K4 500 m gold at Los Angeles 1984.
Akos Vereckei
Akos Vereckei (Vereckei Ákos), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1977 in Budapest; two-time Olympic K-4 1000 m champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), six-time world champion, later coach in Vietnam, China, and Serbia.
Aleksander Doba
Aleksander Ludwik Doba (1946-2021), Polish engineer and ocean kayaker, made three solo Atlantic kayak crossings, including a record 7,716-mile Lisbon-to-Florida paddle, and died on Kilimanjaro.
Aleksandr Degtyaryov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Degtyaryov (Александр Владимирович Дегтярёв), born 1955, Soviet sprint canoeist; Olympic gold in men's K-4 1,000 m at Montreal 1976 (3:08.69) and 1974 world silver; not the Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev.
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Aleksandr Igorevich Dyachenko (Александр Игоревич Дьяченко), Russian canoe sprint kayaker born 1990 in Rudny, Kazakhstan; Olympic K2 200 m gold with Yury Postrigay at London 2012, world champion 2013 and 2019, banned four years from 2022 for LIMS data analysis.
Aleksandr Rogov
Aleksandr Rogov (Александр Рогов), name shared by a Soviet canoeist (1956–2004), Olympic C-1 500 m gold at Montreal 1976 in 1:59.23, and a Russian stylist-TV presenter born 1981, host of 'Uspet za 24 chasa' and 'Rogov v gorode'.
Aleksandr Vinogradov
Aleksandr Vinogradov (Александр Юрьевич Виноградов), born 1951 in Moscow, Soviet sprint canoeist; won C2 500 m and C2 1000 m gold with Sergey Petrenko at Montreal 1976, sixth at Moscow 1980, and five World Championship medals. Not the geochemist or painter of the same name.
Alfons Dorfner
Alfons Dorfner (1911–1982), Austrian canoe sprint paddler with UKRV Schnecke Linz; won K2 1,000 m gold with Adi Kainz at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in 4:03.8, fourth in folding kayak doubles, 1936 Duisburg European K4 bronze.
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (Aleksandr Bogdanovich), Belarusian sprint canoeist born 1982, Olympic C2 1000 m champion with brother Andrei at Beijing 2008 and silver medalist at London 2012; later Belarus ice hockey federation chairman.
Aliaksandr Masiaikou
Aliaksandr Masiaikou (Aleksandr Maseykov, Александр Масейков), Belarusian sprint canoeist born 1971 in Mogilev; 1992 Olympic C-2 500 m gold for the Unified Team with Douhalionok; Olympian 1992-2000.
Aliaksei Abalmasau
Aliaksei Abalmasau, born in 1980 in Barysaw, Belarus, is a Belarusian sprint kayaker who won the men's K4 1000 m gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Alicia Hoskin
Alicia Hoskin, New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker born 2000 in Gisborne, double Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024 in K2 500m (with Lisa Carrington) and K4 500m, and 2023 world K4 champion.
Alwyn Morris
Alwyn Morris is a Canadian Mohawk sprint kayaker from Kahnawake, Quebec, who won K-2 gold and bronze with Hugh Fisher at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Anatoly Grishin
Anatoly Grishin (Анатолий Кузьмич Гришин, 1939–2016), Soviet sprint canoeist from Moscow; Olympic K-4 1000 m gold at Tokyo 1964 in 3:14.67, 1966 world champion, later coach and referee.
Andre Wohllebe
André Wohllebe (1962-2014), German sprint kayaker from SC Berlin-Grünau; Olympic K-4 1000 m gold at Barcelona 1992, two bronzes at Seoul 1988, eight-time world champion; died of pancreatic cancer.
Andreas Dittmer
Andreas Dittmer (born 1972, Neustrelitz), German canoe sprint paddler, won three Olympic golds (C2 1000 m 1996, C1 1000 m 2000, C1 500 m 2004), eight world titles, and later coached Canada's sprint canoe program.
Andrei Bahdanovich
Andrei Bahdanovich (Андрэй Віктаравіч Багдановіч), Belarusian sprint canoeist born 1987, won C2 1000 m Olympic gold at Beijing 2008 and silver at London 2012 with his brother Aliaksandr, plus world and European medals.
Andrew McAuley
Andrew McAuley, Australian extreme sea kayaker, vanished in February 2007 attempting the first solo kayak crossing of the Tasman Sea from Tasmania to Milford Sound; his flooded kayak was found 56 km short, body never recovered.
Andrey Khimich
Andrey Khimich (Андрій Іванович Хіміч, born 14 December 1937) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist who won C2 1000 m gold for the USSR with Stepan Oshchepkov at Tokyo 1964, plus 1966 world silver and 1961/1965 European titles.
Anett Schuck
Anett Schuck, German sprint kayaker (born 1970, Leipzig, SC DHfK), won Olympic K4 500 m gold at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus world, European, and marathon titles.
Angelika Bahmann
Angelika Bahmann, born 1952 in Plauen, East German (GDR) slalom canoeist, SC DHfK Leipzig; first Olympic champion in canoe slalom, winning K-1 gold at Munich 1972 in Augsburg; K-1 world champion 1971 and 1977; mother of Olympian Christian Bahmann.
Anke Nothnagel von Seck
Anke Nothnagel von Seck (born 1966), also Anke Nothnagel, German flatwater canoeist; three Olympic golds and one silver in K2/K4 500 m at Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992, plus ten world titles 1987–91.
Anna Karasz
Anna Karasz (Kárász Anna, born 1991) is a Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker, Tokyo 2020 Olympic K4 500 m champion, four-time world and five-time European champion, retired in December 2022.
Anna Olsson (olympedia 10739)
Anna Gunilla Olsson, Swedish canoe sprint paddler born 1964 in Timrå; five Olympics 1984-2000, K2 500 m gold with Agneta Andersson at Los Angeles 1984, four Olympic medals, 1993 world champion; distinct from the skier Anna Olsson.
Annemarie Zimmermann
Annemarie Zimmermann (born 10 June 1940, Lendersdorf) is a West German sprint canoeist who won K2 500 m Olympic gold with Roswitha Esser at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968, plus 1963 world and European titles.
Antonina Seredina
Antonina Seredina (Антонина Александровна Середина), Soviet sprint canoeist (1929–2016), double 1960 Rome Olympic champion in K-1 and K-2 500 m, 1968 K-2 bronze medalist, world and European champion.
Antonio Rossi
Antonio Rossi, born 1968 in Lecco, Italian sprint kayaker with five Olympic medals (3 gold) from Barcelona 1992 to Athens 2004, three K-2 1000 m world titles, Beijing 2008 flagbearer, later FICK president.
Artur Litvinchuk
Artur Litvinchuk (Артур Сяргеевіч Літвінчук), born 1988 in Mazyr, Belarusian sprint kayaker; Olympic gold in men's K4 1000 m at Beijing 2008 (2:55.714), world champion 2009, European champion 2009.