Paracanoe at the Summer Paralympics

Paracanoe at the Summer Paralympics
Events	8 (men: 4; women: 4)
Games
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Medalists
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Paracanoe debuted at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. A meeting of the International Paralympic Committee in Guangzhou, China in 2010 decided to add paracanoe to the roster of the Summer Paralympic Games.

Paracanoe is a variant of canoeing for athletes with a variety of physical disabilities. The sport is governed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF).

Events

Competition at the Summer Paralympic Games consists of sprint races over a 200m straight line course. Eight different events are held.

Equipment

The first paracanoe programme at the Paralympics in 2016 featured competitors using single kayaks (K1). For the 2020 paracanoe competitions, a second type of boat, the va'a, was added. This is an outrigger canoe propelled by a single bladed paddle.

Competitor classification

There are three different classes for competitors with different physical mobility impairments:

• KL1 - only arms are used for paddling
• KL2 / VL2 - trunk and arms are used for paddling
• KL3 / VL3 - legs, trunk and arms are used for paddling

Medal table

Updated to 2020 Summer Paralympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	6	1	5	12
2	Ukraine (UKR)	3	3	0	6
3	Australia (AUS)	3	2	1	6
4	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	1	4
	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
6	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	1	3
7	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
8	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
9	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	RPC (RPC)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
12	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		16	15	15	46

Paralympic medalists

Men

KL1

The KL1 Class is for paracanoe paddlers who have very limited or no trunk function and no leg function.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	Robert Suba  Hungary	Ian Marsden  Great Britain
2020	Péter Pál Kiss  Hungary	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva  Brazil	Rémy Boullé  France

KL2

The KL 2 class is for paracanoe paddlers with partial leg and trunk function alongside good arm strength. A KL2 class paddler should be able to sit upright within the kayak but may require a backrest.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Curtis McGrath  Australia	Markus Swoboda  Austria	Nick Beighton  Great Britain
2020	Curtis McGrath  Australia	Mykola Syniuk  Ukraine	Federico Mancarella  Italy

KL3

The KL3 class is for paracanoe paddlers with trunk function and partial leg function.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Serhii Yemelianov  Ukraine	Tom Kierey  Germany	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho  Brazil
2020	Serhii Yemelianov  Ukraine	Leonid Krylov  RPC	Robert Oliver  Great Britain

VL2

The VL2 classification mirrors the KL2 classification but in reference to the Va'a outrigger canoe type.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020	Fernando Rufino  Brazil	Steven Haxton  United States	Norberto Mourão  Portugal

VL3

The VL3 classification mirrors the KL3 classification but in reference to the Va'a outrigger canoe type. Some KL2 paddlers will qualify in this classification as a consequence of the extra stability of the outrigger boat.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020	Curtis McGrath  Australia	Giovane Vieira  Brazil	Stuart Wood  Great Britain

Women

KL1

The KL1 Class is for paracanoe paddlers who have very limited or no trunk function and no leg function.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	Edina Muller  Germany	Kamila Kubas  Poland
2020	Edina Müller  Germany	Maryna Mazhula  Ukraine	Katherinne Wollermann  Chile

KL2

The KL 2 class is for paracanoe paddlers with partial leg and trunk function alongside good arm strength. A KL2 class paddler should be able to sit upright within the kayak but may require a backrest.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Emma Wiggs  Great Britain	Nataliia Lagutenko  Ukraine	Susan Seipel  Australia
2020	Charlotte Henshaw  Great Britain	Emma Wiggs  Great Britain	Katalin Varga  Hungary

KL3

The KL3 class is for paracanoe paddlers with trunk function and partial leg function.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Anne Dickins  Great Britain	Amanda Reynolds  Australia	Cindy Moreau  France
2020	Laura Sugar  Great Britain	Nélia Barbosa  France	Felicia Laberer  Germany

VL2

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020	Emma Wiggs  Great Britain	Susan Seipel  Australia	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain

Multiple Medalists

The following canoeists have won 2 or more medals in para canoe at the Paralympic Games.

Correct as of 16 September 2021:

No.	Athlete	Nation	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Curtis McGrath	Australia	2016-2020	3	0	0	3
2	Emma Wiggs	Great Britain	2016-2020	2	0	1	3
3	Serhii Yemelianov	Ukraine	2016-2020	2	0	0	2
4	Edina Müller	Germany	2016-2020	1	1	0	2
5	Jeanette Chippington	Great Britain	2016-2020	1	0	1	2
6	Susan Seipel	Australia	2016-2020	0	1	1	2