Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist in K1 1000m Roman ANOSHKIN will lead a strong ROC team consisting of 2018 K2 500m world champion Artem KUZAKHMETOV, 2019 world bronze medallist in K1 500m Maxim SPESIVTSEV, and 2019 European Games champion in K4 500m Aleksandr SERGEEV.
Silver at 2006 WCh, bronze in 2018, 2007, 5th in 2019, 15th in 2017. Placed 7th at 2019 European Games. European champions in 2017, 2016, bronze in 2018, 11th in 2021. Team member Sandor TOTKA did ballroom dancing as a child before switching to canoe and competing at the 2010 YOG in canoe slalom, before moving to canoe sprint.
Gold at 2007, 2006 WCh, bronze in 2019, 7th in 2018, 5th in 2017. Gold at 2008, 2007, 2006 European Ch, silver in 2021, 2017, 2016, 6th in 2018. In April 2020 Erik VLCEK broke his right leg playing foot volleyball with his teammates. Eight screws and a bone implant were inserted during surgery. 'I really want to make my sixth Olympics and it [recovery time from the injury] lit a fire inside me.'
Silver at 2012, 2018, 2017 WCh. Gold at 2018 European Ch, 4th in 2021, 16th in 2017, 3rd in 2016. Despite having won four Olympic medals, team member Saul CRAVIOTTO is popular in Spain for his appearance on the 2017 Spanish version of MasterChef. He also proposed to his wife the day after his silver medal win at London 2012.
World champions in 2019, 2018, 2017, 9th in 2007, 6th in 2006, 2003, 7th in 2005. European champions in 2021, silver medallists in 2018, 5th in 2017. Tokyo 2020 will be 39-year-old Ronald RAUHE's sixth OG but first time competing in this event at the Games: 'I am still developing as an athlete and despite being old I am still among the fastest.'
Finished 4th at 2018 WCh, 10th in 2019. Gold at 2019 Junior and U23 WCh. Both Jordan WOOD's parents have won medals in canoe sprint at OG. Lachlan TAME had a bet with a friend that he could qualify for the OG. 'I thought it would be quite easy because I had just started surf ski paddling. So next thing you know, I go to my first regatta in 2010 and I fell out of the kayak on the first stroke.'
World champions in 2005, silver in 2007, 2002, 7th in 2019, 10th in 2018, 8th in 2017. European champions in 2005, silver in 2007, 2004, bronze in 2017, 8th in 2019, 5th in 2018, 2016. The youngest member of the team Uladzislau LITVINAU was named among the 10 best athletes of the year in 2018.
Placed 6th at 2019 WCh, 9th in 2018, 17th in 2017, 8th in 1993. Placed 4th at 2019 European Games. Finished 9th at 2018 European Ch, 6th in 2017, 14th in 2007. Messias BAPTISTA is inspired by crewmate Emanuel SILVA, who is 14-years his senior: 'When I was 13 I saw 'Mane' on TV when he won an Olympic silver medal [in 2012], and now I am in the same team as him.'
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