Paddle UK has announced the Junior and U23 canoe sprint teams which will represent Great Britain at the European Championships in Bratislava in June.
After a weekend of competitive racing at the National Water Sports Centre, subject to appeal, the following athletes are selected:
GB Junior Canoe Sprint Team:
K1M 200m Nelson Kinzler (Richmond)
K1W 200m Dianora De Bilio (Royal)
K1M 500m Philippe Ehrnrooth (Devizes)
K1W 500m Annabel Hutchinson (Reading)
K2W Annabel Hutchinson (Reading) /Mollie Ball (Devizes)
K4M 500m Freddie Heard (Exeter)/Andre Hinves (Southampton)/Nathaniel Lamb (Southampton)/Olivier Mazur (Reading)
K4W 500m Dianora De Bilio (Royal)/ Charlotte Fulford- Perez (Reading)/ Frankie Scrivener (Falcon)/ Kamila Sklenarova (Norwich)
K1M 1000m Philippe Ehrnrooth (Devizes)
K2M 1000m Toby Bullock (Exeter)/ Joe Enoch (Nottingham)
C1M 200m Areg Sarkisyan (Richmond)
C1M 1000m Owen Chisholm (Richmond)
The following U23 athletes have also been selected to a kayak pool with events to be finalised by Monday 13th May.
Men's Kayak Pool
Dylan O'Connor (Richmond)
Phil Miles (Royal Leamington Spa)
Benji Cabrera (Fowey)
Xavier Hinves (Southampton)
Gabriel Popham-Coveley (Nottingham)
Dominic Stanley(Nottingham)
Tom Holland (Wey)
Haydyn Cooke-Bayley (Nottingham)
Sam Cribbett (Royal Leamington Spa)
Men's Canoe
C1 200m / C1 1000m Tom Lambert (Lincoln)
Women's Kayak Pool
Amy Green (Worcester)
Kristina Armstrong (Scottish Performance Squad)
Zoe Clark (Royal)
Jessie Urquhart (Nottingham)
Lucy Guest (Nottingham)
Elise Montagna (Royal)
Katie Pocklington (Nottingham)
The full International Panel statement can be found below
- Paddle UK Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe International Panel Statement 19 April 2024147.90 KBApril 19, 2024This document contains the Paddle UK Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe International Panel Statement published 19 April.
Alex McKeown, Performance Pathway Manager for Canoe Sprint/Paracanoe at Paddle UK is the team leader for the European Championships. She said:
“We're delighted to announce the first cohort of athletes for the 2024 international season.
“The weather conditions during the weekend regatta presented a number of challenges to all the competitors which has been taken into consideration on this selection.
“Congratulations to all those who have been selected and best of luck for the upcoming preparations.”