# Canoe Slalom World Cup

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup is an annual season-long series of top level races in canoe slalom held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1988 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak. A women's single canoe discipline (C1) has been added to the world cup in 2010. The men's C2 event was removed from the world cup series in 2018 and it was replaced by the mixed C2 event. The mixed C2 event only lasted for one season, however. 2018 was also the first time that world cup points were awarded for the kayak cross (called extreme K1 at the time).

## Competition format

The world cup is a series of individual races usually taking place during the summer months of June, July and August. The athlete (or boat) that accumulates the highest number of points from all world cup races in the given discipline becomes the overall world cup champion. The scoring system as well as the number of world cup races have changed multiple times over the years. Currently the winner of a world cup race gets 60 points (120 points in the World Cup Final). The points for lower positions vary by discipline.

## Venues

World Cup races take place mostly in Europe, with the most common stops in Augsburg, Prague, Tacen and La Seu d'Urgell. On rare occasions there were World Cup events on other continents with Penrith being the most visited venue outside of Europe. In the early years the races were sometimes held on natural courses, but only artificial courses have been used in recent years.

## World Cup Champions
### Canoe

| Season | C1 men | C1 women | C2 men | C2 mixed |
| 1988 | Jon Lugbill (USA) | – | Lecky Haller/Jamie McEwan (USA) | - |
| 1989 | Jon Lugbill (USA) | - | Jérôme Daille/Gilles Lelievre (FRA) | - |
| 1990 | Jon Lugbill (USA) | - | Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (TCH) | - |
| 1991 | Gareth Marriott (GBR) | - | Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (TCH) | - |
| 1992 | Martin Lang (GER) | - | Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (TCH) | - |
| 1993 | Lukáš Pollert (CZE) | - | Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (CZE) | - |
| 1994 | Gareth Marriott (GBR) | - | Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (CZE) | - |
| 1995 | Gareth Marriott (GBR) | - | Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (CZE) | - |
| 1996 | Patrice Estanguet (FRA) | - | Frank Adisson/Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | - |
| 1997 | Patrice Estanguet (FRA) | - | Frank Adisson/Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | - |
| 1998 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | - | Roman Štrba/Roman Vajs (SVK) | - |
| 1999 | Stanislav Ježek (CZE) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2000 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2001 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2002 | Stefan Pfannmöller (GER) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2003 | Tony Estanguet (FRA) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2004 | Tony Estanguet (FRA) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2005 | Robin Bell (AUS) | - | Jaroslav Volf/Ondřej Štěpánek (CZE) | - |
| 2006 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2007 | Nico Bettge (GER) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2008 | Robin Bell (AUS) | - | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2009 | David Florence (GBR) | - | Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (SVK) | - |
| 2010 | Matej Beňuš (SVK) | Cen Nanqin (CHN) | Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (SVK) | - |
| 2011 | Stanislav Ježek (CZE) | Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) | Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | - |
| 2012 | Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) | Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) | Pierre Labarelle/Nicolas Peschier (FRA) | - |
| 2013 | Sideris Tasiadis (GER) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché (FRA) | - |
| 2014 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | Kateřina Hošková (CZE) | Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (SVK) | - |
| 2015 | Matej Beňuš (SVK) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché (FRA) | - |
| 2016 | Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) | Mallory Franklin (GBR) | Pierre Picco/Hugo Biso (FRA) | - |
| 2017 | Sideris Tasiadis (GER) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Robert Behling/Thomas Becker (GER) | - |
| 2018 | Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | - | Tereza Fišerová/Jakub Jáně (CZE) |
| 2019 | Matej Beňuš (SVK) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | - | - |
| 2020 | Not declared | Not declared | - | - |
| 2021 | Denis Gargaud Chanut (FRA) | Tereza Fišerová (CZE) | - | - |
| 2022 | Nicolas Gestin (FRA) | Tereza Fišerová (CZE) | - | - |
| 2023 | Luka Božič (SLO) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | - | - |
| 2024 | Matej Beňuš (SVK) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | - | - |

### Kayak

| Season | K1 men | K1 women | Kayak cross men | Kayak cross women |
| 1988 | Richard Fox (GBR) | Dana Chladek (USA) | - | - |
| 1989 | Richard Fox (GBR) | Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA) | - | - |
| 1990 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA) | Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA) | - | - |
| 1991 | Richard Fox (GBR) | Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA) | - | - |
| 1992 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA) | Štěpánka Hilgertová (TCH) | - | - |
| 1993 | Scott Shipley (USA) | Kordula Striepecke (GER) | - | - |
| 1994 | Shaun Pearce (GBR) | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | - | - |
| 1995 | Scott Shipley (USA) | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | - | - |
| 1996 | Thomas Becker (GER) | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | - | - |
| 1997 | Scott Shipley (USA) | Irena Pavelková (CZE) | - | - |
| 1998 | Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | - | - |
| 1999 | Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | Susanne Hirt (GER) | - | - |
| 2000 | Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | - | - |
| 2001 | Thomas Schmidt (GER) | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | - | - |
| 2002 | Fabien Lefèvre (FRA) | Mandy Planert (GER) | - | - |
| 2003 | David Ford (CAN) | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | - | - |
| 2004 | Campbell Walsh (GBR) | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | - | - |
| 2005 | Fabian Dörfler (GER) | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | - | - |
| 2006 | Erik Pfannmöller (GER) | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | - | - |
| 2007 | Fabian Dörfler (GER) | Jasmin Schornberg (GER) | - | - |
| 2008 | Erik Pfannmöller (GER) | Katrina Lawrence (AUS) | - | - |
| 2009 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | - | - |
| 2010 | Daniele Molmenti (ITA) | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | - | - |
| 2011 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | - | - |
| 2012 | Étienne Daille (FRA) | Urša Kragelj (SLO) | - | - |
| 2013 | Sebastian Schubert (GER) | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | - | - |
| 2014 | Sebastian Schubert (GER) | Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) | - | - |
| 2015 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) | - | - |
| 2016 | Mathieu Biazizzo (FRA) | Ricarda Funk (GER) | - | - |
| 2017 | Vít Přindiš (CZE) | Ricarda Funk (GER) | - | - |
| 2018 | Jiří Prskavec (CZE) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Pavel Eigel (RUS) | Martina Wegman (NED) |
| 2019 | Jiří Prskavec (CZE) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Pedro Goncalves (BRA) | Ashley Nee (USA) |
| 2020 | not declared | not declared | not declared | not declared |
| 2021 | Vít Přindiš (CZE) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Vít Přindiš (CZE) | Caroline Trompeter (GER) |
| 2022 | Jiří Prskavec (CZE) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Vojtěch Heger (CZE) | Mallory Franklin (GBR) |
| 2023 | Vít Přindiš (CZE) | Jessica Fox (AUS) | Joseph Clarke (GBR) | Kimberley Woods (GBR) |
| 2024 | Anatole Delassus (FRA) | Ricarda Funk (GER) | Joseph Clarke (GBR) | Kimberley Woods (GBR) |

## Overall titles

Showing paddlers who have won at least 2 World Cup titles.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 | Total |
| 1 | Pavol Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
| 1 | Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Jiří Rohan (CZE) | 1983–1997 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Miroslav Šimek (CZE) | 1977–1997 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | 1994–active | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| 6 | Vít Přindiš (CZE) | 2005–active | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Matej Beňuš (SVK) | 2002–active | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 8 | Jon Lugbill (USA) | 1975–1995 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Richard Fox (GBR) | 1977–1993 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Gareth Marriott (GBR) | 1986–1997 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Scott Shipley (USA) | 1988–2004 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | 1990–2004 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Ladislav Škantár (SVK) | 1998–2018 | - | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Peter Škantár (SVK) | 1998–2018 | - | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | 1999–active | - | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) | 1998–2023 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Jiří Prskavec (CZE) | 2008–active | - | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 18 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA) | 1987–2005 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Patrice Estanguet (FRA) | 1990–2004 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Frank Adisson (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Tony Estanguet (FRA) | 1994–2012 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Fabian Dörfler (GER) | 2001–2014 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Robin Bell (AUS) | 1997–2009 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Erik Pfannmöller (GER) | 2001–2008 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Stanislav Ježek (CZE) | 1994–2017 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Sebastian Schubert (GER) | 2004–2019 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Gauthier Klauss (FRA) | 2003–2018 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Matthieu Péché (FRA) | 2003–2018 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Sideris Tasiadis (GER) | 2005–active | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Joseph Clarke (GBR) | 2009–active | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 mixed | Total |
| 1 | Jessica Fox (AUS) | 2008–active | 7 | 5 | – | – | 12 |
| 2 | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | 1988–2019 | – | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 3 | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | 1999–2021 | – | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 4 | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (FRA) | 1979–1996 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | 1988–1997 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Tereza Fišerová (CZE) | 2013–active | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ricarda Funk (GER) | 2008–active | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | 1988–2017 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) | 2006–2019 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) | 2002–active | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Mallory Franklin (GBR) | 2010–active | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Kimberley Woods (GBR) | 2011–active | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |

## Race wins

Showing top ten male and female paddlers by race victories. Statistics are missing all races from 1988 and some races from 1989.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 | Total |
| 1 | Pavol Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 |
| 1 | Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 |
| 3 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | 1994–active | 20 | – | – | – | 20 |
| 4 | Jiří Rohan (CZE) | 1983–1997 | – | – | – | 19 | 19 |
| 4 | Miroslav Šimek (CZE) | 1977–1997 | – | – | – | 19 | 19 |
| 6 | Tony Estanguet (FRA) | 1994–2012 | 18 | – | – | – | 18 |
| 7 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | 1999–active | - | 13 | – | – | 13 |
| 8 | Frank Adisson (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| 8 | Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| 8 | Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) | 1990–2004 | - | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| 8 | Scott Shipley (USA) | 1988–2004 | - | 11 | – | – | 11 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 mixed | Total |
| 1 | Jessica Fox (AUS) | 2008–active | 33 | 17 | 2 | – | 52 |
| 2 | Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | 1988–2017 | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
| 3 | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | 1988–2019 | – | 14 | – | – | 14 |
| 4 | Ricarda Funk (GER) | 2008–active | – | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| 4 | Mallory Franklin (GBR) | 2010–active | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | 11 |
| 6 | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | 1988–1997 | – | 10 | – | – | 10 |
| 7 | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | 1999–2021 | – | 9 | – | – | 9 |
| 8 | Mandy Planert (GER) | 1992–2008 | – | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| 8 | Maialen Chourraut (ESP) | 2000–active | – | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| 10 | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (FRA) | 1979–1996 | – | 7 | – | – | 7 |

## Medals per discipline

Showing top ten paddlers by medal record per discipline (at least 2 wins required). Statistics are missing all races from 1988 and some races from 1989.

### Kayak cross women

| Rank | Name | | | | Total |
| 1 | Martina Wegman (NED) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Mallory Franklin (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Veronika Vojtová (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kimberley Woods (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Ana Sátila (BRA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Jessica Fox (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Alsu Minazova (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |

## Overall titles per country

| | Nation | C1 men | C1 women | C2 men | C2 mixed | K1 men | K1 women | Kayak cross men | Kayak cross women | Total |
| 1 | Slovakia | 12 | | 14 | | | 10 | | | 36 |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | | 1 | | 8 | 7 | | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | | 21 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | | | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | France | 6 | | 7 | | 4 | 3 | | | 20 |
| 6 | Australia | 2 | 9 | | | | 6 | | | 17 |
| 7 | United States | 3 | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 1 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 5 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | 4 |
| 10 | Italy | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| 11 | Austria | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 12 | China | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 12 | Canada | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 12 | Russia | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 12 | Brazil | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |

## Venue usage

46 unique venues have held a Canoe Slalom World Cup between 1989 and 2019. This includes those that have held the World Championships or Continental Championships which counted towards world cup points (2005–2010 and 2018). As of 2008, a world cup has been held on every inhabited continent.
| Venue | Events held |
| Augsburg, Germany | 22 |
| Tacen, Slovenia | 18 |
| La Seu d'Urgell, Spain Prague, Czech Republic | 17 |
| Bratislava, Slovakia | 8 |
| Penrith, Australia | 6 |
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France Ocoee, United States | 5 |
| Pau, France Wausau, United States | 4 |
| Mezzana, Italy Minden, Canada Merano, Italy Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia Athens, Greece Mangahao, New Zealand Markkleeberg, Germany | 3 |
| Nottingham, UK Lofer, Austria L'Argentière-la-Bessée, France Cardiff, UK Lee Valley, UK Kraków, Poland Ivrea, Italy | 2 |
| Savage River, United States Réal, France Murupara, New Zealand Launceston, Australia Asahi, Japan Três Coroas, Brazil Björbo, Sweden Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre, France Goumois, France Guangzhou, China Tibagi, Brazil Naein-chun, South Korea Kern River, United States Madawaska, Canada Zhangjiajie, China Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil Sagana, Kenya Charlotte, United States Nakhon Nayok, Thailand Kananaskis, Canada Xiasi, China Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1 |