Canoeing is a paddle sport where a person kneels or sits facing forward in an open-decked canoe and propels it with a paddle. There are several categories of canoeing including calm water, slalom, marathon, rafting, and sprint. Sprint canoeing takes place on straight courses divided into lanes on calm water for single, double, or four-person canoes or kayaks over distances of 200m, 500m, and 1000m. David Cal Figueroa is a renowned Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since 1999 in 3 Olympic Games and won a total of 5 medals, including 1 gold medal and 4 silver medals.
2. DEFINITION
● Canoeing is a paddle
sport in which
someone kneels or
sits facing forward in
an open-decked
canoe, and this
person propels the
canoe with a paddle.
In 1840 it began to be
considered as a
sport.
3. CATEGORIES
● The most important :
● Calm water
● Slalom
● Marathon
● Raftin
● Sprint
● Only calm water and
slalom are olympic
4. SPRINT
● The oldest discipline
of ICF canoeing is for
single, double and
four people sprint
canoes and kayaks.
The sprint takes
places on a straight
course divided in
lanes on calm water .
The distances are
200 m , 500m and
1000 m
5. David Cal
● David Cal Figueroa is
a Spanish sprint
canoer who has
competed since 1999.
He has competed in 3
olympic games , he
has won 5 medals (1
gold and 4 silvers)
6. David Cal
● David Cal Figueroa is
a Spanish sprint
canoer who has
competed since 1999.
He has competed in 3
olympic games , he
has won 5 medals (1
gold and 4 silvers)
