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Sergey Postrekhin
Sergey Postrekhin (Сергей Альбертович Пострехин), born 1957 in Kherson, Soviet/Ukrainian sprint canoeist; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold C1 500 m and silver C1 1000 m; 1979 world C1 500 m champion; later 1992 Unified Team head coach.
Serghei Covaliov
Serghei Covaliov (1944–2011) was a Romanian sprint canoeist who specialized in canoe doubles, winning Olympic gold at Mexico City 1968 and silver at Munich 1972 with Ivan Patzaichin.
Serghei Tarnovschi
Serghei Tarnovschi (Сергій Тарновський), born 1997 in Lviv, is a Ukrainian-born sprint canoeist for Moldova: Youth Olympic gold 2014, Olympic C1 1000 m bronze at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, 2022 world C1 5000 m champion; his Rio 2016 bronze was annulled for GHRP-2.
Siegbert Horn
Siegbert Horn (1950–2016), East German K1 slalom canoeist; first Olympic canoe slalom champion, Munich 1972 (268.56, ahead of Norbert Sattler); world K1 champion 1971 Meran and 1975 Skopje; ASK Vorwärts Leipzig; later physiotherapist.
Simion Ismailciuc
Simion Ismailciuc (1930-1986), Romanian sprint canoeist, Olympic C2 1000 m gold medalist at Melbourne 1956 with Dumitru Alexe, world champion 1958 and 1963, later coach of Ivan Patzaichin.
Steinar Amundsen
Steinar Amundsen (1945-2022), Norwegian sprint kayaker of the 'Gullfireren' quartet; Olympic K-4 1000 m gold 1968 and bronze 1972, world champion 1970 and 1975, 13 national titles.
Stepan Oshchepkov
Stepan Oshchepkov was a Soviet sprint canoeist from Vladivostok who won the men's C-2 1,000 m gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with partner Andriy Khimich.
Stepanka Hilgertova
Štěpánka Hilgertová, born 1968 in Prague and née Prošková, is a Czech slalom canoeist who won consecutive Olympic K1 golds in 1996 and 2000 across six Games.
Steve Lysak
Steve Lysak (Stephen John Lysak, 1912–2002), American sprint canoeist of the Yonkers Canoe Club; with Steve Macknowski won gold in C-2 10,000 m and silver in C-2 1,000 m at London 1948, the first U.S. Olympic canoeing gold.
Steve Macknowski
Steve Macknowski (Stephen Albert Macknowski, 1922–2013), American sprint canoeist; with Steve Lysak won gold in C-2 10,000 m and silver in C-2 1,000 m at London 1948, the first Olympic medals won by paddlers.
Susanne Wiberg Gunnarsson
Susanne Wiberg Gunnarsson (Linnea Susanne Wiberg-Gunnarsson), Swedish kayak sprint and marathon canoeist born 1963 in Örebro; 1996 Olympic K2 500 m gold with Agneta Andersson, two Olympic silvers, nine sprint and six marathon world medals.
Sven Olov Sjodelius
Sven-Olov Sjödelius (Sven Olov Sjodelius), 1933–2018, Swedish sprint canoeist of Nyköpings KK; double Olympic gold in K-2 1,000 m at Rome 1960 with Gert Fredriksson and Tokyo 1964 with Gunnar Utterberg.
Sylvi Saimo
Sylvi Saimo (Sylvi Riitta Saimo, née Sikiö, 1914–2004), Finnish kayak racer, farmer, and Centre Party politician; won the women's K1 500 m gold at Helsinki 1952, the first summer Olympic gold by a Finnish woman, after two 1950 world titles.
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.
Tara Vaughan
Tara Vaughan, born 2003 in Wellington, is a New Zealand canoe sprint paddler who won K4 500m gold at Paris 2024 with Carrington, Hoskin, and Brett, and the 2023 world K4 title.
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.
Thomas Reineck
Thomas Reineck (born 1967, Klausdorf, Germany) is a German flatwater canoeist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the K-4 1,000 m at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, with 13 World Championship medals and the Silver Bay Leaf award.
Thomas Schmidt
Thomas Schmidt (born 1976, Bad Kreuznach) is the German slalom canoeist who won K1 gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the 2001 World Cup, distinct from other athletes of the same name; later an ICF official and KUKA engineer.
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 Baillie
Tim Baillie (Timothy Mark Baillie, born 1979, Westhill, Scotland) is a retired British C2 canoe slalom racer who won gold with Etienne Stott at London 2012, Britain's first slalom gold, and was appointed MBE in 2013.
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.
Tim Wieskotter
Tim Wieskötter (born 1979, Emsdetten) is a German sprint canoeist, K2 500 m specialist with Ronny Rauhe: Olympic gold 2004, silver 2008, bronze 2000, plus 7 world and 11 European titles.
Tina Dietze
Tina Dietze, German canoe sprint kayaker (born 1988, Leipzig), Olympic K2 500 m champion at London 2012 with Franziska Weber and three-time Olympic silver medallist; multiple world and European champion for SG LVB Leipzig.
Tom Liebscher
Tom Liebscher-Lucz, born 1993 in Dresden, is a German canoeist with Olympic gold in the K4 at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024, plus multiple world and European titles.
Toma Simionov
Toma Simionov (born 1955) is a Romanian sprint canoeist who won two Olympic gold medals in the C2 1,000 m, at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, paddling with Ivan Patzaichin.
Tomasz Wylenzek
Tomasz Wylenzek is a German canoe sprint racer, born in Poland in 1983, who won Olympic gold in the C2 1,000 meters at the 2004 Athens Games.
Tony Estanguet
Tony Estanguet (born 1978, Pau) is a French C1 canoe slalom champion, triple Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004, 2012), former IOC athlete member, and president of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee.
Tore Berger
Tore Berger (1944–2026), Norwegian sprint kayaker from Bærum KK; won K4 1000 m gold at Mexico City 1968 (3:14.38) and bronze at Munich 1972 with the "Gullfireren" crew; world champion 1970, European champion 1969.
Torsten Gutsche
Torsten Gutsche (Torsten René Gutsche), born 1968 in Eisenhüttenstadt, German sprint canoeist; with Kay Bluhm won three Olympic K2 golds and one silver (1992, 1996) and 11 world titles.