Canoe Sprint
Canoe Sprint is one of the best-known competitive canoeing disciplines in Australia. This is probably due to its inclusion in the Olympic Games since 1936 and Australia’s involvement in All Olympics from the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Canoe Sprint is all about speed on flat water over distances of 200 metres, 500 metres and 1000 metres. The craft that have developed are sleek and fast but unstable.
Canoe Sprint kayakers use specially designed allowing paddles for extra power and efficiency. K1, K2 and K4 are the most popular classes of Canoe Sprint kayaking but there are also canoe classes, C1, C2 and C4. Both men and women compete in kayaks, but only men compete in canoes.
In Canoe Sprint, events are contested over three distances 200 metres, 500 metres and 1000 metres. Canoe Sprint at the Olympic Games is contested over 500 metres and 1000 metres only. However, not every event is contested over both distances. The canoe and kayak events raced at the Olympic Games are Men’s K1, K2, K4 and C1 and C2 over 1000 metres. Over 500 metres the events are Men’s K1, K2, C1, C2 and Women’s K1, K2 and K4.
At the annual World Championships and Australian Championships, unlike at the Olympic Games, events are contested also over 200 metres. Men’s and Women’s K1, K2 and K4 are raced over all three distances. The Men’s C1, C2 and C4 events are all run over 200 metres, 500 metres and 1000 metres.

Sprint Technical Committee
Co-Chairs | Ben Lloyd & Scott Sharples |
Committee Member | Gavin Cook |
Committee Member | Ian Frost |
Committee Member | Alyce Wood |
Committee Member | Susan Seipel |
Committee Member | Donna Wilson |
Committee Member | Ian Swane |
PQ Board Advisor | Chris Hurley |
Handover Position | Alicen Warriner (3 months) |
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected in the 2020 Canoe Sprint State Team.
The State Team will compete in the 2020 Paddle Australia Canoe Sprint National Championships. which will be held on 11th-15th March at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, NSW.
The selection criteria used to determine the State Squad and Team can be found here.
Nikki Bamforth | Brisbane Paddling Club |
Andrew Bavage | Sandgate Paddling Club |
Caitlyn Bowell | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Jamie Boyle | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Morgan Brodhurst-Hill | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Rhys Campbell | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Darcy Church | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Lacy Church | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Jackson Collins | PA Direct |
Shelby Cottrell | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Mackenzie Duffy | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Alicia Fay | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Xavier Fitzsimon | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Tom Green | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Lizzie Hackett | Wynnum Redlands Canoe Club |
Daniel Hardwick | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Sarah Hardwick | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Eva Hosking | Brisbane Canoeing |
Thomas Kerkow-Hill | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Thomas King Koi | Brisbane Canoeing |
John Lakeland | Sunshine Coast Paddlesports Club |
Ava Lund | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Hannah Lund | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Xavien Maclean | Sunshine Coast Paddlesports Club |
Ben Manning | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Brianna Massie | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Jenaya Massie | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Curtis McGrath | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Joshua Parkinson | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Natasha Parkinson | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Daniel Peacock | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Josie Pike | Sunshine Coast Paddlesports Club |
Kate Regan | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Chaise Richardson | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Thomas Scott | Brisbane Canoeing |
Susan Seipel | Brisbane Canoeing |
Hope Short | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Will Stewart-Edwards | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Georgie Tonkin | Varsity Lakes Paddlers Club |
Jean van der Westhuyzen | Gold Coast Kayak & Canoe Club |
Kenny Wallace | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Anthea Warne | Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club |
Liam Warriner | Brisbane Canoeing |
Kai Watson | Wynnum Redlands Canoe Club |
Phoebe Wills-Grace | Kawana Waters Canoe Club |
Alyce Wood | Gold Coast Kayak & Canoe Club |
Jordan Wood | Gold Coast Kayak & Canoe Club |