# 2018 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships

The 2018 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Ivrea, Italy from 17 to 22 July 2018 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 20th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 7th edition for the Under 23 category.
A total of 22 medal events took place, 11 in each of the two age categories. It was the first time that there were no men's C2 events at these championships. The mixed C2 event for juniors as well as the four Extreme K1 events were included in the program for the first time.

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Miquel Travé (ESP) | 81.98 | Flavio Micozzi (ITA) | 85.82 | Nicolas Gestin (FRA) | 86.23 |
| C1 team | France Nicolas Gestin Jules Bernardet Alexis Bobon | 97.58 | Czech Republic Vojtěch Heger Petr Novotný Eduard Lerch | 103.72 | Slovenia Urh Turnšek Nejc Polenčič Jaka Bernat | 105.91 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Václav Chaloupka (CZE) | 80.57 | Raffaello Ivaldi (ITA) | 81.28 | Cédric Joly (FRA) | 83.91 |
| C1 team | Germany Lennard Tuchscherer Leon Hanika Timo Trummer | 94.78 | France Cédric Joly Lucas Roisin Valentin Marteil | 97.21 | Great Britain Thomas Abbott William Smith Samuel Ibbotson | 99.03 |

#### Kayak
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | 79.40 | Anatole Delassus (FRA) | 80.32 | Tomáš Zima (CZE) | 81.00 |
| K1 team | France Julien Pajaud Vincent Delahaye Anatole Delassus | 93.30 | Czech Republic Tomáš Zima Jakub Krejčí Jan Bárta | 93.59 | Germany Tim Bremer Joshua Dietz Maximilian Dilli | 95.63 |
| Extreme K1 | Jan Rohrer (SUI) | | Jakub Krejčí (CZE) | | Pau Echaniz (ESP) | |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Jakob Weger (ITA) | 77.22 | Bradley Forbes-Cryans (GBR) | 77.26 | Erik Holmer (SWE) | 80.85 |
| K1 team | France Mathurin Madoré Malo Quéméneur Clément Travert | 88.21 | Italy Marcello Beda Davide Ghisetti Jakob Weger | 90.31 | Austria Mario Leitner Felix Oschmautz Matthias Weger | 91.71 |
| Extreme K1 | Dimitri Marx (SUI) | | Malo Quéméneur (FRA) | | Nikita Inkin (RUS) | |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Gabriela Satková (CZE) | 100.45 | Marta Bertoncelli (ITA) | 101.24 | Soňa Stanovská (SVK) | 104.55 |
| C1 team | Czech Republic Gabriela Satková Tereza Kneblová Eva Říhová | 119.13 | Great Britain Bethan Forrow Ellis Miller Daisy Cooil | 127.94 | France Laurène Roisin Doriane Delassus Angèle Hug | 129.38 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Nadine Weratschnig (AUT) | 94.37 | Kimberley Woods (GBR) | 98.17 | Noemie Fox (AUS) | 99.18 |
| C1 team | Spain Miren Lazkano Klara Olazabal Annebel van der Knijff | 117.27 | Slovenia Eva Alina Hočevar Lea Novak Nina Bizjak | 119.03 | Czech Republic Tereza Fišerová Jana Matulková Martina Satková | 123.64 |

#### Kayak
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Eva Alina Hočevar (SLO) | 89.67 | Soňa Stanovská (SVK) | 93.23 | Naemi Brändle (SUI) | 94.20 |
| K1 team | Czech Republic Antonie Galušková Lucie Nesnídalová Kateřina Beková | 109.38 | Slovenia Eva Alina Hočevar Lea Novak Sara Belingar | 109.70 | Italy Francesca Malaguti Marta Bertoncelli Elena Borghi | 110.40 |
| Extreme K1 | Kateřina Beková (CZE) | | Alix Degremont (FRA) | | River Mutton (NZL) | |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Camille Prigent (FRA) | 89.31 | Lisa Leitner (AUT) | 92.64 | Kimberley Woods (GBR) | 94.91 |
| K1 team | Slovakia Eliška Mintálová Michaela Haššová Lucia Murzová | 109.67 | Czech Republic Amálie Hilgertová Karolína Galušková Kateřina Dušková | 112.84 | Great Britain Kimberley Woods Megan Hamer-Evans Sophie Ogilvie | 112.88 |
| Extreme K1 | Ana Sátila (BRA) | | Selina Jones (GER) | | Amálie Hilgertová (CZE) | |

### Mixed
#### Canoe
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C2 | Elena Micozzi/Flavio Micozzi (ITA) | 113.77 | Jules Bernardet/Doriane Delassus (FRA) | 120.88 | Ainhoa Lameiro/Pau Echaniz (ESP) | 130.29 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C2 | Miren Lazkano/David Llorente (ESP) | 103.08 | Elizaveta Terekhova/Igor Mikhailov (RUS) | 111.66 | Wu Wenpeng/Yan Jiahua (CHN) | 112.69 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |