Canoe Kayak Canada is proud to name its first team of sprint athletes of the new quadrennial to represent Canada at two World Cup competitions in Europe. The selections follow a weekend of Senior National Team Trials in Montréal, QC.
“We saw several impressive performances over the weekend and I’m really excited to take this team of athletes to Europe to line up against the international competition,” said Graham Barton, Chief Technical Officer of Canoe Kayak Canada. “It’s a new quad and we have much to look forward to as we begin this next chapter of working together towards Tokyo.”
The International Canoe Federation will host three Sprint World Cups and Canadian athletes will attend the second two taking place in Szeged, Hungary and Belgrade, Serbia over consecutive weekends starting May 26. Both competitions will include Paracanoe events.
ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2
May 26-28 • Szeged, Hungary
ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 3
June 2-4 • Belgrade, Serbia
Team Announcement
Men’s Kayak
Athlete | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
Trois Rivières (QC) | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier | |
Windsor, NS | Lac-Beauport | Frédéric Jobin | |
Waverley, NS | Cheema | Frédéric Jobin / Mike Kerrivan | |
Jarret Kenke | Saskatoon, SK | Saskatoon | Andrzej Gronowicz |
Nick Matveev | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
Lac-Beauport, QC | Lac-Beauport | Frédéric Jobin/Chad Brooks/ Luc Grenier | |
Bedford, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin / Chad Brooks |
Women’s Kayak
Athlete | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
Lissa Bissonnette | Sherbrooke, QC | Pointe-Claire | Dave Robertson |
Oakville, ON | Burloak | Adam Oldershaw | |
Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Diana Deek | |
Andréanne Langlois | Québec, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mark Granger / Mathieu Pelletier |
Fall River, NS | Cheema | Mike Kerrivan | |
Pickering, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
Men’s Canoe
Athlete | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Wade Farquaharson | |
Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Baert | |
Mark Oldershaw | Burlington, ON | Burloak | Scott Oldershaw |
Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki /Jan Kruk | |
Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Marc Creamer | |
Richmond Hill, ON | Richmond Hill | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki |
Women’s Canoe
Athlete | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jerome Seremak | |
Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Diana Deek | |
Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier | |
Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Baert | |
Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery / Jan Kruk | |
Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier |
Men’s Paracanoe
Athlete | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
Mathieu St. Pierre (KL1) | Shawinigan, QC | Shawinigan | Hélène Gervais |
Trinity Tratch (KL2) | Calgary, AB | Calgary | Edgar Garza |
Sherbrooke, QC | Sherbrooke | Nathan Desmarais |
Women’s Paracanoe
Athlete | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
Erica Scarff (KL3) | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Mari Ellery |
