J. PRSKAVEC
M. POLACZYK
M. SMOLEN
K. KUDEJOVA
R. FUNK
M. PFEIFER
D. FLORENCE
B. SAVSEK
R. WESTLEY
J. FOX
K. HOSKOVA
N. VILARRUBLA
ANTON/BENZIEN
PICCO/BISO
KLAUSS/PECHE
Hilary Pitchford is the current winner of the ICF Classic Marathon World Series. Athlete in several disciplines, she started paddling in 2001 and spent many years testing every type of water and adventure sports, from rafting to Kayak Polo, just to name two disciplines where she has been representing South Africa internationally.
14 April the Waterland Marathon was held in Amsterdam and was organised by the KV Viking Amsterdam Club of which the great Edwin de Nijs is a member. This competition is included in the ICF World Classic Marathon Series.
Defending champions Andy Birkett and Jason Graham won The Unlimited Dusi canoe marathon title in emphatic fashion, turning in a superlative performance of running and paddling on the 36km final stage from Inanda dam to Blue lagoon in Durban to win the hotly contested race.
Defending champions Andy Birkett and Jason Graham turned in a superb performance of running and paddling to take a complete stranglehold on The Unlimited 2012 title on a day of high drama.
Defending champs Andy Birkett and Jason Graham snatched the early psychological advantage when they edged out the Dream team of Thulani Mbanjwa and Sbonelo Zondi in an end sprint on day one of The Unlimited Dusi canoe marathon.
Being ranked the #3 paddler of Norway in 2011, Morten Minde is leading an outstanding new generation of Norwegian paddlers.
In 1933, Dr. Oscar F La Palma and Enrique Rietchart, paddled the whole Río Negro (Spanish for Black River) from Bariloche to Viedma in a sailcloth kayak, crossing the Argentinian Patagonia. In 1964 a few sportsmen remembered this adventure and created a regatta connecting Neuquén and Viedma.
Claire Gunney, Britain’s strongest female marathon paddler of the last few years, announced her retirement late last year. After having battled with a severe case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, that should have taken her out of the sport completely, she fought back and made it to the European in 2011 and World Championships in 2010.
Since the ICF World Marathon Championships officially started in 1988, many great paddlers have made themselves world known. But only a few passed through the gate that brings them to the hall of legends.
Since stunning the canoeing world by winning the highly contested Men’s K1 event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Singapore last month, McGregor has been inundated with requests to participate in events all over the world.
The final day of the 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship came to a close in Singapore with the K2 men senior, K2 women senior and C2 senior titles awarded to Hungary and Spain.
M. DAWSON
C. KUHNLE
M. BENUS
A. PETERS
V. KHUDZENKA
E. MEDVECKZKY
GRIJIC/NOVAKOVIC
L. QIANG
M. DE JONGE
R. POULSEN
A. CHERVOVA
S. TARNOVSCHI
J. MOCKE
E. LEVEMYR
S. RAFAEL
H. TAKAKU
M. GRAZIANI
J. EGAN
N. LJUBEK
MINDE/HAMAR
PINTA/MOZZICAFI
S. LAMMLER
A. BUSLAIEVA
M. WEGMAN
S. REINOSO