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Attila Vajda
Attila Vajda (Vajda Attila), Hungarian canoe sprint racer born 1983 in Szeged; Olympic C-1 1000 m gold 2008 and bronze 2004; three-time world champion; later a coach in Taiwan, Japan, and Hungary.
Beniamino Bonomi
Beniamino Bonomi (born 1968, Verbania) is an Italian sprint kayaker, five-time Olympian, with K2 1000 m gold at Sydney 2000 with Antonio Rossi, three Olympic silvers, and the 1995 world K2 500 m title with Daniele Scarpa.
Benjamin Savsek
Benjamin Savšek, born 1987, is a Slovenian canoe slalom paddler who won the men's C1 gold at Tokyo 2020, Slovenia's first Olympic slalom title, and two world championships.
Benoit Peschier
Benoit Peschier, French slalom canoeist born 1980 in Guilherand-Granges, won K1 gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics (187.96), took world K1 team gold 2005, and later coached French slalom teams at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Bernd Duvigneau
Bernd Duvigneau (born 1955, Magdeburg) is an East German sprint kayaker, K4 1000 m Olympic champion at Moscow 1980 and bronze medalist at Montreal 1976, with five K4 world titles.
Bernd Olbricht
Bernd Olbricht (born 1956, Gnoien) is an East German flatwater canoeist, double Olympic champion in K-2 500 m (Montreal 1976, with Joachim Mattern) and K-4 1,000 m (Moscow 1980), with four Olympic medals and four world titles.
Birgit Fischer Schmidt
Birgit Fischer Schmidt (Birgit Fischer-Schmidt), German sprint kayaker born 1962, won 8 Olympic golds and 4 silvers from 1980 to 2004 for East Germany and Germany, plus 27 world titles.
Bohumil Kudrna
Bohumil Kudrna (1920-1991), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist, Olympic C2 1000 m champion at London 1948 and silver medalist at Helsinki 1952 with Jan Brzák-Felix; double world champion at Copenhagen 1950.
Botond Storcz
Botond Storcz, born 1975 in Budapest, is a Hungarian sprint kayaker who won three Olympic golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and later coached the national team.
Caitlin Ryan Regal
Caitlin Ryan Regal (Caitlin Ryan-Regal, née Ryan) is a New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker, born 1992 in Takapuna, who won K2 500m Olympic gold with Lisa Carrington at Tokyo 2020 in an Olympic best 1:35.785 and retired in 2022.
Carlos Perez
Carlos Perez (Carlos Pérez) is a name shared by several athletes: Spanish Olympic kayak gold medalist Carlos Pérez Rial (Beijing 2008 K2 500 m), Spanish marathoner Carlos Pérez Alonso, Nicaraguan 1968 weightlifter, Hungarian handballer, and an MLB catcher.
Carola Zirzow
Carola Zirzow (Carola Drechsler), born 1954 in Prenzlau, East German sprint canoeist, SC Neubrandenburg; 1976 Montreal Olympic gold K-1 500 m (2:01.05) and K-2 bronze; career ended by GDR after Perri encounter.
Carolin Leonhardt
Carolin Leonhardt (born 1984, Lampertheim) is a German sprint kayaker, K-4 500 m specialist; Olympic K-4 gold and K-2 silver 2004, K-4 silver 2012, plus six world and seven European titles. Not the 1982 runner of TSV Zorneding.
Carsta Genauß
Carsta Genäuß (Carsta Kühn), East German sprint canoeist born 1959 in Dresden; Olympic K-2 500 m gold at Moscow 1980 with Martina Bischof and seven ICF world championship titles; retired 1985.
Christian Gille
Christian Gille (born 1976, Wolfen) is a German sprint canoeist, Olympic C2 1000 m champion at Athens 2004 with Tomasz Wylenzek, silver and bronze medalist at Beijing 2008, later a Leipzig firefighter and José Carreras Leukemia Foundation ambassador.
Clint Robinson
Clint Robinson (Clint David Robinson, born 1972, Brisbane) is an Australian canoe sprint paddler and surf lifesaver; Australia's first canoe/kayak Olympic gold medallist (K1 1000 m, Barcelona 1992), five-time Olympian, and holder of 36 national surf lifesaving titles.
Conny Waßmuth
Conny Waßmuth (born 1983, Halle/Saale) is a German sprint canoeist, 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medalist in the women's K4 500 m, and seven-time world and five-time European champion in team boats.
Cristian Toro
Cristian Toro (Cristian Isaac Toro Carballo), Spanish canoe sprint kayaker born 1992 in Venezuela, Olympic K2 200 m gold with Saúl Craviotto at Rio 2016, four world silvers, retired January 2024, later Vox sports spokesperson.
Csaba Horvath
Csaba Horváth (born 1971, Budapest) is a Hungarian canoe sprint paddler; with György Kolonics he won C2 500 m gold and C2 1000 m bronze at Atlanta 1996 and 12 world titles. Not the high jumper, chess player, or footballer of the same name.
Daniele Molmenti
Daniele Molmenti (Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti), Italian K1 canoe slalom kayaker born 1984 in Pordenone; Olympic gold London 2012 on his 28th birthday, world champion Tacen 2010, three European titles, later national coach.
Daniele Scarpa
Daniele Scarpa, Italian sprint kayaker born Venice 1964; Olympic gold K2 1000 m with Antonio Rossi and silver K2 500 m with Beniamino Bonomi at Atlanta 1996; double 1995 world champion.
Danuta Kozak
Danuta Kozak (Kozák Danuta), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1987 in Budapest; six Olympic golds, one silver, one bronze from 2008 to 2020; first woman to win three canoe sprint golds at one Games (Rio 2016).
David Cal
David Cal (David Cal Figueroa), Spanish sprint canoeist born 1982 in Cangas, Pontevedra; first Spanish canoer to win Olympic gold (C-1 1,000 m, Athens 2004) and Spain's most medaled Olympian with one gold and four silver across 2004, 2008, and 2012.
David Crawshay
David Crawshay (born 1979, Melbourne) is an Australian rower, Mercantile RC, who won Olympic gold in the men's double sculls with Scott Brennan at Beijing 2008 and later chaired the Rowing Australia Athletes' Commission.
Denis Gargaud Chanut
Denis Gargaud Chanut, French canoe slalom paddler (also Denis Benoît Gargaud Chanut), born 1987 in Apt, Olympic C1 gold at Rio 2016, 2011 world champion, 2021 European champion, retired April 2025.
Detlef Hofmann
Detlef Hofmann (born 1963, Karlsruhe) is a German sprint canoe coach and retired kayaker, Olympic K4 1000 m gold medalist at Atlanta 1996, a multiple K4 world champion, banned two years for testosterone before Barcelona 1992, later DKV Bundestrainer.
Dieter Krause
Dieter Krause (1936–2020), East German flatwater canoeist; won gold in the one-off K1 4×500 m kayak relay at Rome 1960 for the unified German team, later a sports official and revealed Stasi informant.
Dora Bodonyi
Dóra Bodonyi (Bodonyi Dóra, later Hadvina Dóra), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1993 in Szarvas; Tokyo 2020 K-4 500 m Olympic champion and K-2 bronze medallist, five-time world and six-time European champion, retired March 2025.
Dumitru Alexe
Dumitru Alexe (1935–1971), Romanian sprint canoeist from Mahmudia, Tulcea; Olympic gold in C2 1000 m at Melbourne 1956 with Simion Ismailciuc (4:47.4), world champion 1958 Prague, European gold 1957 Ghent.
Dzmitry Douhalionok
Dzmitry Douhalionok (Дзмітрый Доўгалёнок, Dmitry Dovgalyonok), born 1971, Belarusian canoe sprint paddler; Olympic C2 500 m gold for the Unified Team at Barcelona 1992 with Aliaksandr Masiaikou, 9th at Atlanta 1996, 1994 world C2 200 m champion.