OTTAWA, ON (July 28, 2024) – Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) announces the 2024 rosters of sprint paddlers nominated to compete at the U23, Junior, ICF Canoe World Championships and the Olympic Hopes Regatta this summer.
Canada will be proudly represented by 35 emerging paddlers at the ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 17-21.
The Canoe Sprint Olympic Hopes Regatta will take place September 19-22 in Szeged, Hungary featuring 24 of Canada’s top U16 and U17 paddlers in the iconic event that showcases the next generation of Olympic talent.
“Our recent National Team Trials showed the incredible depth of talented paddlers being produced by our club system in Canada, 385 athletes competed in highly contested races for spots on these teams,” said Ian Mortimer, CKC Chief Technical Officer, “we are very proud of all the athletes who lined up for a chance to race for Canada and look forward to seeing how our teams will stack up with the best in the World this summer.”
The team selection event was held at the National Team Trials at the Olympic Basin in Montreal, Quebec from June 22-24.
The Canadian Team Rosters:
U23 World Championship
Women’s Kayak
Maren Bradley – Rideau Canoe Club
Julia Demchuck – Calgary Canoe Club
Ivy Murphy – Banook Canoe Club
Brianna Smith – Maskwa Aquatic Club
Men’s Kayak
Jason Burkholder – Burloak Canoe Club
Ian Gaudet – Banook Canoe Club
Mathieu Gilbert – Club de canoe-kayak de vitesse de Trois-Rivières
Nathan Koné – Club de canoe-kayak de vitesse de Trois-Rivières
Men’s Canoe
Andrew Billard – Maskwa Aquatic Club
Zachary Kralik – Mississauga Canoe Club
Viktor Hardy – Club de Canoe-Kayak Lac-Beauport
Women’s Canoe
Evie Macdonald – Rideau Canoe Club
Jacy Grant – Cheema Aquatic Club
Julia Lilley Osende – Mic Mac Aquatic Canoe Club
Zoe Wojtyk – Rideau Canoe Club
Junior (U18) World Championship
Women’s Kayak
Anna Archibald – Banook Canoe Club
Chloe Bryer – Burloak Canoe Club
Florence Hamel – Lachine Canoe Club
Maea Knights – Burloak Canoe Club
Callie Loch – Rideau Canoe Club
Men’s Kayak
Conrad Hoogerboord – Senobe Aquatic Club
Tate Levy – Senobe Aquatic Club
Carter Naugler – Senobe Aquatic Club
Luke Enns – Toba Canoe and Kayak Club
Henrik Neuspiel – Rideau Canoe Club
Men’s Canoe
Cole Norman – Rideau Canoe Club
Duncan Giles – Senobe Canoe Club
Cameron Hall – Cheema Aquatic Club
Alexander MacNeil – Maskwa Aquatic Club
Justin Bokyo – Calgary Canoe Club
Women’s Canoe
Ruby Muhl – Rideau Canoe Club
Ella Cozens – Cheema Aquatic Club
Emerson Eisener – Cheema Aquatic Club
Victoria Tran – Maskwa Aquatic Club
Charlotte C. Désy – Club de Canoe-Kayak Lac-Beauport
Olympic Hopes Regatta
U17
Women’s Kayak
Anna Archibald – Banook Canoe Club
Emilee Vaters – Maskwa Aquatic Club
Maea Knights – Burloak Canoe Club
Men’s Kayak
Conrad Hoogerboord – Senobe Aquatic Club
Henrik Neuspiel – Rideau Canoe Club
Tate Levy - Senobe Aquatic Club
Men’s Canoe
Justin Bokyo – Calgary Canoe Club
Baer Robertson – Wascana Racing Canoe Club
Liam MacDonald – Senobe Aquatic Club
Women’s Canoe
Amélie Laliberte – Club de canotage Otterburn
Megan Thompson – Cheema Aquatic Club
Victoria Tran – Maskwa Aquatic Club
U16
Women’s Kayak
Abigaelle Legrand – Le Club de canoë kayak de Pointe-Claire
Cassie Kenny – Burloak Canoe Club
Gaelle Bousquet – Maskwa Aquatic Club
Men’s Kayak
Rylan Carrigan – Pisiquid Canoe Club
Michael Chaban – Mississauga Canoe Club
Aidan Kinnard – Burloak Canoe Club
Men’s Canoe
Matthew Brown – Maskwa Canoe Club
Alec MacAulay – Cheema Aquatic Club
Josh Sargant – Mississauga Canoe Club
Women’s Canoe
Emerson Eisener – Cheema Aquatic Club
Abbigail Haines – Carleton Place Canoe Club
Isabel Lowry – Carleton Place Canoe Club
Best of luck to all of our teams! Racing and results can be found at planetcanoe.com.
Visit Canoe Kayak Canada’s website to get more information and make sure to follow @PlanetCanoe and @CanoeKayakCAN for more live updates.
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About Canoe Kayak Canada
Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) is the national governing body for competitive paddling in Canada, one of Canada’s top performing summer sports with a total of 26 Olympic medals, and a leader in the Paralympic movement. Canoe Kayak Canada is a member-based organization that includes an intricate network of clubs as well as provincial, territorial and divisional paddling associations. Elite National Team athletes proudly represent Canada at various competitions around the globe – most notably the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Pan American Games, ICF World Cups as well as Junior, Under 23 and Senior World Championships. Follow Canoe Kayak Canada on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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For more information:
Colleen Coderre
Communications Lead
ccoderre@canoekayak.ca
Emmalee Nother
Communications Coordinator
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