# 2018 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships

The 2018 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 16 to 19 August 2018 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA) at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre. It was the 20th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 16th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 16 medal events took place, 8 in each of the two age categories. In addition, there were two exhibition events. One in the discontinued men's C2 category and the other in the mixed C2. The senior Freestyle European Championships were held as part of the same event.

## Medal summary
### Men
#### Canoe
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Miquel Travé (ESP) | 94.03 | Nicolas Gestin (FRA) | 99.14 | Flavio Micozzi (ITA) | 99.17 |
| C1 team | Czech Republic Vojtěch Heger Petr Novotný Eduard Lerch | 115.74 | France Nicolas Gestin Alexis Bobon Jules Bernardet | 120.93 | Germany Leo Braune Hannes Seumel Julian Lindolf | 123.06 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Cédric Joly (FRA) | 90.16 | Valentin Marteil (FRA) | 91.76 | Przemysław Nowak (POL) | 93.42 |
| C1 team | Czech Republic Lukáš Rohan Václav Chaloupka Matyáš Lhota | 104.20 | Slovakia Marko Mirgorodský Martin Dodok Marko Gurečka | 109.26 | France Cédric Joly Valentin Marteil Lucas Roisin | 109.41 |

#### Kayak
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Miquel Travé (ESP) | 85.70 | Tomáš Zima (CZE) | 86.49 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | 86.75 |
| K1 team | France Anatole Delassus Vincent Delahaye Julien Pajaud | 100.71 | Italy Jakob Luther Valentin Luther Leonardo Grimandi | 108.25 | Czech Republic Tomáš Zima Jan Bárta Jakub Krejčí | 108.54 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | David Llorente (ESP) | 84.17 | Jakub Grigar (SVK) | 85.74 | Lukas Stahl (GER) | 85.77 |
| K1 team | Slovenia Martin Srabotnik Niko Testen Vid Kuder Marušič | 98.11 | Slovakia Jakub Grigar Andrej Málek Jakub Stanovský | 100.13 | Switzerland Dimitri Marx Manuel Munsch Gelindo Chiarello | 103.09 |

### Women
#### Canoe
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Daria Shaidurova (RUS) | 112.53 | Soňa Stanovská (SVK) | 112.96 | Gabriela Satková (CZE) | 114.36 |
| C1 team | Czech Republic Gabriela Satková Eva Říhová Tereza Kneblová | 136.81 | Slovakia Soňa Stanovská Emanuela Luknárová Mahuliena Ďurecová | 151.93 | Germany Zoe Jakob Nele Bayn Zola Lewandowski | 172.68 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Monika Škáchová (SVK) | 102.56 | Tereza Fišerová (CZE) | 105.59 | Margaux Henry (FRA) | 111.40 |
| C1 team | Spain Miren Lazkano Klara Olazabal Annebel van der Knijff | 130.95 | France Lucie Prioux Marjorie Delassus Margaux Henry | 149.19 | Slovakia Simona Glejteková Simona Maceková Monika Škáchová | 150.77 |

#### Kayak
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Nikita Setchell (GBR) | 99.09 | Eva Alina Hočevar (SLO) | 101.92 | Antonie Galušková (CZE) | 102.41 |
| K1 team | Czech Republic Antonie Galušková Lucie Nesnídalová Kateřina Beková | 128.57 | Russia Elizaveta Terekhova Daria Shaidurova Evdokia Podobryaeva | 131.96 | Great Britain Lois Leaver Lili Bryant Nikita Setchell | 133.17 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Klaudia Zwolińska (POL) | 96.37 | Anna Faber (GER) | 97.77 | Karolína Galušková (CZE) | 99.96 |
| K1 team | France Camille Prigent Romane Prigent Marjorie Delassus | 123.12 | Great Britain Megan Hamer-Evans Sophie Ogilvie Gabrielle Ridge | 123.45 | Czech Republic Amálie Hilgertová Karolína Galušková Kateřina Dušková | 125.20 |

### Exhibition

Two exhibition events took place at the championships. The U23 men's C2 event had three boats competing. The U23 mixed C2 event had three entries, but only one boat started. It was a single run competition and no medals were awarded.

#### U23 Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C2 | Nikolay Shkliaruk/Igor Mikhailov (RUS) | 103.65 | Albert Kašpar/Vojtěch Mrůzek (CZE) | 166.48 | Pavel Kotov/Sergei Komkov (RUS) | 211.89 |

#### U23 Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C2 | Marcello Semenza/Francesca Malaguti (ITA) | 232.35 | - | | - | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |