Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian.
 Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Highest governing body | International Canoe Federation |
|---|---|
| Presence | |
| Olympic | 1936–present |
| Paralympic | 2016-present |
| World Games | Canoe polo: 2005–present |
A few of the recreational forms of canoeing are canoe camping and canoe racing. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds and streams.
History of organized recreational canoeing
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Canoeing is an ancient mode of transportation.[1] Modern recreational canoeing was established in the late 19th century. Among early promoters of canoeing as a sport was Carl Smith, who introduced canoeing to Sweden in the 1880s. In 1924, canoeing associations from Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden founded the Internationalen Representation for Kanusport, the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).[2]
Canoeing became part of the Olympic Games in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[3][4] which featured canoe sprint using a sprint canoe.[5] Others competitive disciplines include canoe polo, whitewater canoeing, canoe marathon, ICF canoe marathon, and playboating.[6]
More than 170 national canoe associations and federations are members of the ICF, including the American, Canadian, British, Scottish, and Welsh.[7]
Recreational canoeing
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Most present-day canoeing is done as or as a part of a sport or recreational activity. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking,[8][9] with a canoe being called an open canoe[10] or Canadian.[11]
Recreational forms of canoeing include canoe camping. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds, and streams.
Competition
editCompetitive forms of canoeing include canoe racing such as canoe sprint and canoe marathons. The summer Olympics include canoeing competitions. Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on the river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics and is referred to by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as canoe slalom or canoe/kayak slalom.[12] The other Olympic canoeing discipline is the canoe sprint.
In his lifetime, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Verlen Kruger paddled the most miles (over 100,000 miles) of anyone in the sport.[13]
See also
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edit- ^ Nyabongo, A. K. (1943). "The Role of the Canoe". Negro History Bulletin. 7 (1): 10–23. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44214297.
- ^ Dudley, Marianna (1 September 2017). ""Muddying the waters: recreational conflict and rights of use of British rivers"". Water History. 9 (3): 259–277. Bibcode:2017WatHi...9..259D. doi:10.1007/s12685-017-0193-2. hdl:1983/d36c7fb8-a502-4b08-89fe-e535e09bbd21. ISSN 1877-7244. S2CID 151360522.
- ^ "Canoe/Kayak Sprint Equipment and History". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Know your sport — Canoeing". The Indian Express. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ 1936 Summer Olympics Official Report (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. pp. 1020–9.
- ^ "About ICF events - competition levels". International Canoe Federation. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "About the International Canoe Federation (ICF)". International Canoe Federation. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Rebecca (3 April 2024). "Kayak vs Canoe | Tips for choosing whether to buy a canoe or kayak". Go Paddling. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "About the International Canoe Federation (ICF)". International Canoe Federation. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Open Canoe Association UK". Open Canoe Association. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ . 1911 – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Canoe Slalom". Olympics. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ canoekayakmag (9 August 2004). "Obituary: Verlen Kruger Remembered". Canoe & Kayak. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
External links
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- International Canoe Federation (ICF)
- CanoeResults.eu (results of mayor canoe competitions)