The Canoe Sprint European Championships (or European Canoe Sprint Championships) is an international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was first held in 1933 in Prague under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. In 1997, the European Championships were resumed, and now take place annually.

The most titled athlete of the European Championships is Hungarian Katalin Kovács, who has 29 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in her record. Among men, the number of wins is led by German Ronald Rauhe, who won the European championships 17 times.

Summary

Edition Year Host Events 1 1933 Prague, Czechoslovakia 7 2 1934 Copenhagen, Denmark 8 3 1936 Duisburg, Germany 2 4 1957 Ghent, Belgium 15 5 1959 Duisburg, West Germany 15 6 1961 Poznań, Poland 16 7 1963 Jajce, Yugoslavia 16 8 1965 Bucharest, Romania 16 9 1967 Duisburg, West Germany 16 10 1969 Moscow, Soviet Union 16 Not organised 1970 - 1996 11 1997 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 26 12 1999 Zagreb, Croatia 26 13 2000 Poznań, Poland 26 14 2001 Milan, Italy 27 15 2002 Szeged, Hungary 27 16 2004 Poznań, Poland 27 17 2005 Poznań, Poland 27 18 2006 Račice, Czech Republic 27 19 2007 Pontevedra, Spain 27 20 2008 Milan, Italy 27

Edition Year Host Events 21 2009 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany 27 22 2010 Trasona, Spain 24+1 23 2011 Belgrade, Serbia 25 24 2012 Zagreb, Croatia 26 25 2013 Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 26 + 9 26 2014 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany 26 + 8 27 2015 Račice, Czech Republic 27 + 11 28 2016 Moscow, Russia 27 + 11 29 2017 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 27 + 10 30 2018 Belgrade, Serbia 30 + 10 – 2019* Poznań, Poland 12 – 2020 Bascov, Romania – 31 2021 Poznań, Poland 30 + 12 32 2022 Munich, Germany 29 + 11 33 2023* Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 34 2024 Szeged, Hungary

• Paracanoe only, since Canoe Sprint was included in the European Games.

Source:^[1]

Notes

• The 1963 world championships were designated that year's European championships.
• The ECA chose not to organise the 2019 championships because of the European Games,^[2] so a separate Paracanoe European Championships were held as a result.
• The 2020 championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Paracanoe added to the 2010 championships, then subsequent championships from 2013 onwards: http://www.europecanoeevents.com/events/results
• Results from 1933 to 1969: http://www.canoeresults.eu/view-results/sprint

European Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Championships

Edition	Year	Host venue	Events
1	2012	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal	21 + 21
2	2013	Poznan, Poland	21 + 21
3	2014	Mantes-en-Yvelines, France	21 + 21
4	2015	Pitesti, Romania	22 + 22
5	2016	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	23 + 23
6	2017	Belgrade, Serbia	23 + 23
7	2018	Auronzo, Italy	18 + 18
8	2019	Račice, Czech Republic	18 + 18

Medal table

Canoe (1933–2022)[edit] The following table lists all the medals won by each nation since the 1933 edition. Exhibition events are not included in this ranking. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Hungary 167 133 89 389 2  Germany 125 112 95 332 3  Russia 65 55 65 185 4  Romania 48 57 43 148 5  Belarus 43 44 38 125 6  Soviet Union 40 33 26 99 7  Poland 37 59 71 167 8  Czech Republic 25 14 24 63 9  Spain 22 35 42 99 10  Slovakia 17 20 13 50 11  Denmark 14 19 14 47 12  Lithuania 14 10 15 39 13  Great Britain 13 8 10 31 14  Italy 12 8 19 39 15  Ukraine 11 18 32 61 16  Serbia 10 12 12 34 17  Portugal 9 9 16 34 18  Sweden 7 22 15 44 19  Norway 7 5 6 18 20  East Germany 6 5 12 23 21  France 5 11 7 23 22  Bulgaria 5 7 12 24 23  Czechoslovakia 5 6 7 18 24  Azerbaijan 5 3 1 9 25  Austria 2 3 7 12 26  Israel 2 2 3 7 27  Slovenia 1 2 4 7 28  Georgia 1 0 1 2 29  Turkey 1 0 0 1 30  Moldova 0 4 2 6 31  Belgium 0 2 5 7 32  Finland 0 2 4 6 33  Croatia 0 1 3 4 34  Latvia 0 1 2 3 35  Netherlands 0 0 3 3 36  Ireland 0 0 1 1   Switzerland 0 0 1 1  Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1 Totals (38 entries) 719 722 721 2162

Para Canoe (2017–2022)[edit] 3 events in 2019 Paracanoe European Championships and 1 event (Men's VL1) from the 2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships are not included in the medal table due to lack of participation. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Great Britain 13 11 9 33 2  Ukraine 11 5 4 20 3  Hungary 5 2 6 13 4  Italy 4 6 3 13 5  Germany 4 2 6 12 6  Russia 3 10 9 22 7  Austria 3 2 0 5 8  France 1 3 5 9 9  Poland 1 3 4 8 10  Spain 1 3 0 4 11  Portugal 1 0 2 3 12  Sweden 1 0 1 2 13  Ireland 1 0 0 1 14  Romania 0 2 0 2 Totals (14 entries) 49 49 49 147

Most successful athletes

This following table lists athletes that have won multiple medals since the 1997 edition (updated until 2021).

Rank	Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Katalin Kovács	29	17	2	48
2	Natasa Dusev-Janics	18	4	2	24
3	Ronald Rauhe	17	9	2	28
4	Danuta Kozák	17	8	1	26
5	Sebastian Brendel	15	5	2	22
6	Maxim Opalev	14	6	3	23
7	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	12	11	5	28
8	Ivan Shtyl	12	6	1	19
9	Martin Fuksa	12	3	2	17
10	Erik Vlček	11	7	4	22
11	Michal Riszdorfer	11	4	1	16
12	Tim Wieskötter	11	4	0	15
13	Tímea Paksy	10	10	2	22
14	Raman Piatrushenka	10	6	6	22
15	Vadzim Makhneu	10	6	5	21
16	/ Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	10	5	2	17
17	Max Hoff	10	4	3	17
18	Richard Riszdorfer	10	3	0	13
19	Szilvia Szabó	9	10	0	19
20	Viktor Melantyev	9	1	2	12
21	Kinga Bóta	8	8	1	17
22	Ákos Vereckei	8	6	0	14
23	Alexander Kostoglod	8	5	6	19
24	Tamara Csipes	8	5	1	14
25	Josefa Idem	8	4	3	15
26	Alexey Korovashkov	8	3	0	11
27	Nicole Reinhardt	8	2	2	12
28	Maryna Litvinchuk	7	7	5	19
29	Carolin Leonhardt	7	7	4	18
30	Zoltán Kammerer	7	7	2	16
31	Florin Popescu	7	7	1	15
32	Teresa Portela Rivas	7	4	6	17
33	Nikolai Lipkin	7	2	1	10
34	Eirik Verås Larsen	7	1	2	10
Totals (34 entries)		362	197	79	638