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Egil Søby
Egil Søby (Egil Vike Søby), Norwegian sprint kayaker born 1945 in Tønsberg; Olympic K4 1000 m gold 1968 with the gullfireren and bronze 1972; 47 Norwegian titles; later national coach and motivational speaker.
Elisabeth Micheler Jones
Elisabeth Micheler Jones, born 1966 in Augsburg, is a German slalom canoeist who won the women's K1 gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and later became an ICF course designer.
Emilie Fer
Émilie Fer, French canoe slalom K1 kayaker, 2012 London Olympic champion (105.90), first French woman to win Olympic slalom gold; 2013 world champion, retired 2017.
Erik Bladström
Erik Bladström (Bror Erik Alvar Bladström, 1918–1998), Swedish sprint canoer from Västervik; won gold in folding kayak doubles 10,000 m with Sven Johansson at Berlin 1936, and world silver at Vaxholm 1938.
Erika Meszaros
Mészáros Erika (Erika Meszaros), born 1966 in Budapest, Hungarian kayak sprinter; 1992 Barcelona K4 500 m Olympic champion, 1988 Seoul silver, double 1986 world champion.
Ernst Krebs
Ernst Krebs (4 November 1906 – 21 July 1970), German canoeist, Kanuclub der TG München; won K-1 10,000 m gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in 46:01.6; distinct from Swiss wrestler Ernst Krebs.
Etienne Stott
Etienne Stott (born 1979, Manchester) is an English slalom canoeist who with Tim Baillie won men's C2 gold at London 2012, Britain's first canoe slalom Olympic gold; MBE, retired 2016, later an Extinction Rebellion activist.
Eva Donusz
Éva Dónusz (Dónusz Éva), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1967 in Vác; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold K4 500 m and bronze K2 500 m, 1996 Atlanta K4, 13 world championship medals, later Hungarian Canoe Federation coach.
Fanny Fischer
Fanny Fischer (Fanny Rauhe), German sprint kayaker born 1986 in Potsdam, KC Potsdam; 2008 Beijing Olympic K4 500 m gold, three world and four European titles, niece of Birgit Fischer, retired 2011.
Ferenc Csipes
Ferenc Csipes (born 1965, Budapest), Hungarian sprint kayaker, Olympic K4 1000 m champion at Seoul 1988 with two further silvers, 8-time world champion, later master coach of Hungary's Olympic-gold women's kayak four.
Fernando Jorge
Fernando Jorge (Fernando Dayán Jorge Enríquez), Cuban-born sprint canoeist born 1998 in Cienfuegos; won Cuba's first Olympic canoe sprint gold, C2 1000 m with Serguey Torres at Tokyo 2020 in 3:24.995, defected in 2022 and competed for the Refugee Olympic Team at Paris 2024.
Finn Butcher
Finn Butcher (born 1995, Dunedin) is a New Zealand canoe slalom and kayak cross paddler, nicknamed Fun, who won the first Olympic men's kayak cross gold at Paris 2024 and is a six-time NZ national champion.
Finn Haunstoft
Finn Haunstoft (1928-2008), Danish canoe sprint paddler, won C2 1,000 m gold with Peder Rasch at Helsinki 1952 in 4:38.3 and finished sixth in the C2 10,000 m with Aksel Duun at Melbourne 1956.
Florin Popescu
Florin Popescu (born 1974, Iancu Jianu, Romania) is a sprint canoeist and coach, Olympic C2 1000 m gold and C2 500 m bronze medalist at Sydney 2000 with Mitică Pricop, and a seven-time flatwater world champion.
Franck Adisson
Franck Adisson (born 1969, Tarbes) is a French slalom canoeist who with Wilfrid Forgues won C2 slalom gold at Atlanta 1996 and bronze at Barcelona 1992, plus world titles in 1991 and 1997.
Frank Amyot
Frank (Francis) Amyot (1904-1962), Canadian sprint canoeist who won the C-1 1000m gold at Berlin 1936 in 5:32.1, Canada's only gold at those Games, after self-funding his trip.
Frank Havens
Frank Havens (1924-2018), American sprint canoer, four-time Olympian; silver in C-1 10,000 m at London 1948, gold at Helsinki 1952 in 57:41.1; son of Bill Havens Sr., brother of Bill Jr.
František Čapek
František Čapek (1914–1914 Branice – 2008 Prague), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist, Olympic gold medalist in the C-1 10,000 m at London 1948 in 1:02:05.2; distinct from the namesake Czechoslovak trap shooter who placed fourth at Helsinki 1952.
Franziska Weber
Franziska Weber, born 1989 in Potsdam, is a German sprint canoeist who won Olympic gold in the K2 500 m with Tina Dietze at the 2012 London Games.
Friedhelm Wentzke
Friedhelm Wentzke (1935–2026), West German flatwater canoer; Olympic gold in the K-1 4×500 m relay at Rome 1960 (7:39.43) with the only equally mixed East-West German team, and K4 1,000 m silver at Tokyo 1964.
Gabor Horvath
Gabor Horvath (Horváth Gábor, born 1971, Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist, K4 1000 m Olympic champion at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and silver medalist at Atlanta 1996, with three world titles; distinct from Swedish pentathlete George Horwath.
Gabriella Szabo
Gabriella Szabó (Szabó Gabriella), Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker born 1986 in Budapest; three-time Olympic champion (K4 500m 2012, 2016; K2 500m 2016 with Kozák), nine-time world and European champion, retired 2020, now Hungarian Olympic Committee marketing staff.
Galina Kreft-Alekseyeva
Galina Kreft-Alekseyeva (Галина Сергеевна Крефт-Алексеева), Soviet kayaker (1950-2005), also competed as Galina Kreft and Galina Alekseyeva; K2 500 m Olympic gold 1976 and silver 1980 with Nina Gopova-Trofimova, seven world silvers.
Georges Turlier
Georges Turlier (born 16 July 1931), French sprint canoeist; with Jean Laudet won C2 10,000 m gold at Helsinki 1952, France's first Olympic canoe title; 1959 wildwater world champion; Légion d'Honneur 2022.
Gert Fredriksson
Gert Fredriksson was a Swedish sprint kayaker who won six gold medals at four Olympic Games from 1948 to 1960, the most successful male canoeist in Olympic history.
Giovanni de Gennaro
Giovanni De Gennaro, born 1992 in Brescia, is an Italian canoe slalom paddler, Olympic K1 gold medalist at Paris 2024 (88.22 s), three-time Olympian, and World and European championship medalist.
Grant Bramwell
Grant Digby Bramwell (born 1961, Gisborne) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist, Olympic gold medalist in the men's K4 1000 m at Los Angeles 1984, and 1985 world bronze medalist in K1 10000 m; not the Jamaican sprinters named Bramwell.
Gratsian Botev
Gratsian Botev (Грациан Георгиевич Ботев, 1928–1981), Soviet canoeist; with Pavel Kharin won C-2 10,000 m gold and C-2 1,000 m silver at Melbourne 1956, the 10,000 m event's final Olympic edition.
Greg Barton
Greg Barton (Gregory Mark Barton, born 1959), American sprint kayaker from Jackson, Michigan; two 1988 Olympic golds (K1/K2 1000 m, K2 with Norm Bellingham), bronzes in 1984 and 1992; founder of Epic Kayaks.
Gregor Hradetzky
Gregor Hradetzky (1909–1984), Austrian canoeist and organ builder; won K-1 1000 m and folding K-1 10000 m gold at Berlin 1936, second Austrian with two Summer Games golds, later led the family organ firm.