White Water Racing World Championships 2002

The 23rd canoe whitewater racing world championships took place in 2002 in Valsesia, Italy, on the Sesia . For the first time, world championship honors were also awarded in the sprint. The Italian Vladi Panato won his sixth individual title in a row in the Classic, as well as with victory in the sprint individual title number seven. France achieved first place in the medal classification, mainly due to the excellent performance of the French athletes in the sprint. The performance of the German team was disappointing after the successful 1990s. No successes could be achieved in the sprint. Here you had missed to adjust to the new route length.

Nations ranking overall

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	4th	3	4th	11
2	Czech Republic	3	-	3	6th
3	Italy	2	3	-	5
4th	Slovakia	2	2	-	4th
5	Croatia	1	1	1	3
6th	Germany	-	2	2	4th
7th	Austria	-	1	1	2
8th	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
total		12	12	12	36

In detail, the following results were obtained.

Classic

Nations Cup Classic

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	2	2	1	5
2	Slovakia	2	1	-	3
3	Czech Republic	2	-	2	4th
4th	Italy	1	2	-	3
5	Croatia	1	1	1	3
6th	Germany	-	2	2	4th
7th	Austria	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
total		8th	8th	8th	24

Individual competitions

One-kayak men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Boris Saunier	France	8: 24.39 min.
2	Robert Pontarollo	Italy	8: 25.06 min.
3	Kamil Mruzek	Czech Republic	8: 27.05 min.
4th	Florian Wohlers ( Hamburg )	Germany	8: 28.57 min.
5	Thomas Koelmann ( Düsseldorf )	Germany	8: 31.22 min.
-	-	-	-
14th	Markus Gickler ( Cologne )	Germany	8: 40.52 min.
15th	Stephan Stiefenhöfer (Cologne)	Germany	8: 41.75 min.

One-kayak women

space	athlete	country	time
1	Michala Strnadova	Czech Republic	9:08:17 min.
2	Nathalie Leclerc	France	9: 13.89 min.
3	Uschi Profanter	Austria	9: 21.87 min.
-	-	-	-
5	Claudia Andree (Düsseldorf)	Germany	9: 30.24 min.
7th	Gudrun Willscheid (Siegburg)	Germany	9: 32.11 min.
10	Sabine Füßer (Siegburg)	Germany	9: 35.60 min.
11	Alexandra Heidrich (Düsseldorf)	Germany	9: 41.63 min.

One-Canadians men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Vladi Panato	Italy	9: 19.92 min.
2	Tomislav Hohnjec	Croatia	9: 22.89 min.
3	Stephan Santamaria	France	9: 23.43 min.
-	-	-	-
14th	Ulrich Andree (Düsseldorf)	Germany	9: 55.28 min.
18th	Julian Rohn (Celle)	Germany	10: 28.07 min.
19th	Michael Kolbe ( Mannheim )	Germany	10: 28.92 min.

Two-man Canadians

space	athlete	country	time
1	Vladimir Vala / Jaroslav Slucik	Slovakia	9: 18.52 min.
2	Jan Sutek / Stefan Grega	Slovakia	9: 20.86 min.
3	Gregor Simon / Thomas Haas (Bonn)	Germany	9: 23.69 min.
-	-	-	-
5	Lutz Fahlbusch / Ulrich Fahlbusch ( Kassel )	Germany	9: 30.59 min.
7th	Christian Andree / Patrick Driesch (Düsseldorf)	Germany	9: 36.13 min.
8th	René Brücker / Jörg Cosic (Bonn)	Germany	17: 42.27 min.

Nations Cup Classic Individual

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	1	1	1	3
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
	Slovakia	1	1	-	2
4th	Czech Republic	1	-	1	2
5	Croatia	-	1	-	1
6th	Germany	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

Team competitions

Kayak One Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Czech Republic	Kamil Mruzek / Robert Knebel / Ales Marek	8: 31.41 min.
2	Italy	Carlo Mercati / Roberto Pontarollo / Francesco Arenare	8: 34.84 min.
3	Germany	Florian Wohlers / Thomas Koelmann / Markus Gickler	8: 46.03 min.

Kayak-One women

This race was not counted as a world championship run due to only four participating teams.

space	country	athlete	time
1	France	Leclerc / Crochet / Thiebaut	9: 25.97 min.
2	Germany	Claudia Andree / Gudrun Willscheid / Sabine Füßer	9: 36.52 min.
3	Czech Republic	Strnadova / Kneblova / Vacíková	9: 54.31 min.

One-Canadians men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Croatia	Tomislav Hohnjec / Emil Milihram / Cokor	9: 36.18 min.
2	France	Harald Marzolf / Stephan Santamaria / Koskas	9: 36.88 min.
3	Slovenia	Horvat / Hocevar / Zakrajsek	9: 46.83 min
-	-	-	-
6th	Germany	Ulrich Andree / Michael Kolbe / Julian Rohn	12: 17.16 min

Two-man Canadians

This race was not counted as a world championship run due to only three participating teams.

space	country	athlete	time
1	Slovakia	Vala / Slucik / Sutek / Grega / Soska / Soska	9: 27.89 min.
2	Germany	Christian Andrée / Patrick Driesch / Lutz Fahlbusch / Ulrich Fahlbusch / Gregor Simon / Thomas Haas	9: 31.04 min.
3	Croatia	Pecek / Out / Petric / Guscic / Martincevic / Gojic	9: 47.14 min.

Nations Cup Classic Team

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	1	1	-	2
2	Croatia	1	-	1	2
	Czech Republic	1	-	1	2
4th	Slovakia	1	-	-	1
5	Germany	-	2	1	3
6th	Italy	-	1	-	1
7th	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

sprint

Nations Cup Sprint

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	2	1	3	6th
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
3	Czech Republic	1	-	1	2
4th	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

Individual competitions

One-kayak men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Boris Saunier	France	3: 51.95 min.
2	Roberto Pontarollo	Italy	3: 55.89 min.
3	Rudy Gerard	France	3: 56.96 min.
-	-	-	-
11	Florian Wohlers (Hamburg)	Germany	3: 59.23 min.
15th	Sebastian Verhoef (Cologne)	Germany	4: 04.91 min.
18th	Thomas Koelmann (Düsseldorf)	Germany	4: 06.45 min.
20th	Stephan Stiefenhöfer (Cologne)	Germany	4: 06.75 min.

One-kayak women

space	athlete	country	time
1	Michala Strnadova	Czech Republic	4: 17.54 min.
2	Uschi Profanter	Austria	4: 18.00 min.
3	Nathalie Leclerc	France	4: 18.28 min.
-	-	-	-
7th	Gudrun Willscheid (Siegburg)	Germany	4: 25.52 min.
8th	Sabine Füßer (Siegburg)	Germany	4: 25.90 min.
13	Alexandra Heidrich (Düsseldorf)	Germany	4: 33.75 min.

One-Canadians men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Vladi Panato	Italy	4: 17.02 min.
2	Harald Marzolf	France	4: 21.28 min.
3	Lukas Novosad	Czech Republic	4: 22.06 min.
-	-	-	-
15th	Michael Kolbe (Mannheim)	Germany	4: 41.54 min.
17th	Ulrich Andree (Düsseldorf)	Germany	4: 42.34 min.
20th	Julian Rohn (Braunschweig)	Germany	4: 48.89 min.

Two-man Canadians

space	athlete	country	time
1	Clermont / Supply	France	4: 10.09 min.
2	Vladimir Vala / Jaroslav Slucik	Slovakia	4: 11.46 min.
3	Gautier / Laurent	France	4: 12.83 min.
-	-	-	-
7th	Gregor Simon / Thomas Haas	Germany	4: 18.88 min.
12	René Brücker / Jörg Cosic	Germany	4: 25.42 min.
13	Lutz Fahlbusch / Ulrich Fahlbusch	Germany	4: 26.07 min.
18th	Christian Andree / Patrick Driesch	Germany	4: 32.14 min.

Nations Cup Sprint Individual

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	2	1	3	6th
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
3	Czech Republic	1	-	1	2
4th	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

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• Classic results list (PDF; 107 kB)
• Results list teams (PDF; 32 kB)
• Sprint results list (PDF; 105 kB)