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Sprint kayakers

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Tamara Csipes

Tamara Csipes (born 1989, Budapest) is a Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker, daughter of Olympic champion Ferenc Csipes; two-time Olympic K4 500m champion (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), nine-time world and eleven-time European champion.

Tate Smith

Tate Smith (born 1981, Sydney) is an Australian canoe sprint paddler, not the NFL receiver Carnell Tate. He won K4 1000 m gold at London 2012 with Stewart, Clear, and David Smith, after racing the event at Beijing 2008.

Tecla Marinescu Borcanea

Tecla Marinescu Borcanea (Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea), Romanian sprint kayaker born 1960 in Constanța; Olympic gold in K4 500 m at Los Angeles 1984, K1 fourth, world bronze 1983 and 1986, Universiade medals 1987.

Thorvald Stromberg

Thorvald Stromberg (Lennart Thorvald Strömberg, 1931–2010), Finnish sprint kayaker; Helsinki 1952 Olympic gold in K1 10,000 m and silver in K1 1,000 m; world 10,000 m champion 1950 and 1958, rival of Gert Fredriksson.

Tim Brabants

Tim Brabants (Jules Timothy Brabants, born 1977, Chertsey) is a British sprint kayaker and doctor; Olympic K1 1000m champion at Beijing 2008, Britain's first canoeing gold, with bronze medals at Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008.

Vanya Gesheva

Vanya Gesheva (Ваня Гешева), born 1960, Bulgarian sprint kayaker; four Olympic medals: K-1 500 m silver at Moscow 1980 and gold, silver, and bronze at Seoul 1988, the only Bulgarian with a full medal set from one Games.

Yrjo Hietanen

Yrjö Hietanen (Yrjö Jalmari Hietanen, 1927–2011), Finnish sprint canoeist; with Kurt Wires won K2 1,000 m and K2 10,000 m gold at Helsinki 1952, seventh at Melbourne 1956.