Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The Wildwater Canoeing World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every two year from 1959 to 1995 and than from 1996 to 2001, from 2011 the event is annual.
Editions
In the odd edition 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 the championships included only the sprint events. The classic race differs from the sprint race by the length of the course, therefore by the duration, which can go from 6 to 25 minutes for the classic race and up to a maximum of 2 minutes for the sprint race.Starting from the 2017 edition of Pau, the sprint championships took place together with the Canoe Slalom World Championships and given the remarkable success this was repeated for the second time at La Seu d'Urgell in 2019.
| # | Year | Venue | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | 1959 | Treignac | ||
| 2 | 1961 | Hainsberg | ||
| 3 | 1963 | Spittal | ||
| 4 | 1965 | Spittal | ||
| 5 | 1967 | Špindlerův Mlýn | ||
| 6 | 1969 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | ||
| 7 | 1971 | Merano | ||
| 8 | 1973 | Muotathal | ||
| 9 | 1975 | Skopje | ||
| 10 | 1977 | Spittal | ||
| 11 | 1979 | Desbiens | ||
| 12 | 1981 | Bala | ||
| 13 | 1983 | Merano | ||
| 14 | 1985 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ||
| 15 | 1987 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | ||
| 16 | 1989 | Savage River | ||
| 17 | 1991 | Bovec | ||
| 18 | 1993 | Mezzana | ||
| 19 | 1995 | Bala | ||
| 20 | 1996 | Landeck | The championships are moved in even years. | |
| 21 | 1998 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ||
| 22 | 2000 | Treignac | ||
| 23 | 2002 | Valsesia | ||
| 24 | 2004 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ||
| 25 | 2006 | Karlovy Vary | ||
| 26 | 2008 | Valsesia | ||
| 27 | 2010 | Sort | ||
| 28 | 2011 | Augsbourg | Only sprint events and the competition becomes annual. | |
| 29 | 2012 | Mâcot-la-Plagne | ||
| 30 | 2013 | Solkan | Only sprint events. | |
| 31 | 2014 | Valtellina | ||
| 32 | 2015 | Wien | Only sprint events. | |
| 33 | 2016 | Banja Luka | ||
| 34 | 2017 | Pau | Only sprint events and together with the 2017 Canoe Slalom World Championships. | |
| 35 | 2018 | Muotathal | ||
| 36 | 2019 | La Seu d'Urgell | Only sprint events and together with the 2019 Canoe Slalom World Championships |
Events
Winners
This is the list of the winners of the main six events.K1 classic
Since the 2002 edition also the K1 sprint competition has also been introduced.Men individual
F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.| Year | |||
| 1959 |  Toni Prijon |  Pavel Bone |  Eduard Rothpletz |
| 1961 |  Zdenek Kostal |  Rudolf Klepp | Pavel Bone |
| 1963 | Rudolf Klepp | Karl-Heinz Englet | Jean Grosrey |
| 1963 | Kurt Presslmayr | Klaus Lettmann | Siegfried Gunzenberger |
| 1965 | Kurt Presslmayr | Heinz Panek | Lothar Zentgraf |
| 1967 |  Fritz Lange | Jürgen Bremer | Peter Lust |
| 1969 |  Jean-Pierre Burny | Kurt Presslmayr | Jochen Schwarz |
| 1971 | Bernd Kast | Kurt Presslmayr | Jochen Schwarz |
| 1973 | Jean-Pierre Burny | Bernd Kast | Ulrich Pech |
| 1975 | Jean-Pierre Burny |  Michel Magdinier | Bernd Kast |
| 1977 | Gerhard Peinhaupt | Michel Magdinier | Bernd Kast |
| 1979 | Jean-Pierre Burny |  Robert Campbell | Claude Benezit |
| 1981 | Claude Benezit |  Marco Previde Massara | Bernard Morin |
| 1983 | Marco Previde Massara | Degenhard Pfeiffer | Konrad Hollerieth |
| 1985 | Marco Previde Massara | Claude Benezit |  Jon Fishburn |
| 1987 | Antoine Goetschy | Rolf Kilian | Cesare Mulazzi |
| 1989 | Marco Previde Massara | Neil Stamps | Antoine Goetschy |
| 1991 |  Markus Gickler | Yves Masson | Rolf Kilian |
| 1993 | Markus Gickler | Robert Pontarollo | Cesare Mulazzi |
| 1995 | Markus Gickler | Robert Pontarollo | Thomas Koelmann |
| 1996 | Markus Gickler | Robert Pontarollo | Axel Lehmacher |
| 1998 | Thomas Koelmann | Michael Fargier | Gilles Calliet |
| 2000 | Thomas Koelmann | Florian Wohlers | Robert Pontarollo |
| 2002 | Boris Saunier | Robert Pontarollo |  Kamil Mruzek |
| 2004 | Carlo Mercati | Robert Knebel | Robert Pontarollo |
| 2006 | Kamil Mruzek | Max Hoff | Tomáš Slovák |
| 2008 | Maximilian Benassi | Stephan Stiefenhöfer |  Schmid Gerhard |
| 2010 | Loïc Vynisale | Achim Overbeck |  Nejc Žnidarčič |
| 2012 | Tobias Bong | Rémi Pété | Nejc Žnidarčič |
| 2014 | Tobias Bong | Rémi Pété | Kamil Mruzek |
| 2016 | Maxime Richard | Tobias Bong | Rémi Pété |
| 2018 | Simon Oven | Paul Jean | Paul Graton |
Women individual
F1 until 1963, 1963 F1 and K1, from 1964 K1.| Year | |||
| 1959 | Rosemarie Biesinger | Inge Walthemate | Eva Setzkorn |
| 1961 | Anneliese Bauer | Jana Zverinova | Eva Setzkorn |
| 1963 | Anneliese Bauer | Rosemarie Biesinger | Hilde Urbaniak |
| 1963 | Ursula Gläser | Bärbel Körner | Ludmilla Veberova |
| 1965 | Gundula Jander | Bärbel Körner | Bärbel Richter |
| 1967 | Heide Schroeter | Lia Schilhuber | Bärbel Richter |
| 1969 | Ludmilla Polesna | Ulrike Deppe | Anemie Amslinger |
| 1971 | Ulrike Deppe | Magda Wunderlich | Ludmilla Polesna |
| 1973 | Gisela Grothaus | Ulrike Deppe | Elsbeth Käser |
| 1975 | Gisela Grothaus | Pauline Squires-Goodwin | Hillary Peacock |
| 1977 | Gisela Grothaus | Elsbeth Käser | Dominique Berigaud |
| 1979 | Dominique Gardette | Gisela Grothaus | Renate Prijon |
| 1981 | Dominique Gardette | Gisela Grothaus | Anne Plant |
| 1983 | Dagmar Stupp | Gisela Grothaus | Karin Wahl |
| 1985 | Karin Wirz | Andrea Hollerieth | Marie-Pierre Le Cann |
| 1987 | Dominique Gardette | Karin Wirz | Nathalie Beaurain |
| 1989 | Sabine Kleinhenz | Ursula Profanter | Aurore Bringard |
| 1991 | Karin Wirz | Sabine Kleinhenz | Ursula Profanter |
| 1993 | Ursula Profanter | Karin Wirz | Sabine Kleinhenz |
| 1995 | Ursula Profanter | Laurence Castet | Aurore Bringard |
| 1996 | Ursula Profanter | Laurence Castet | Claudia Brokof |
| 1998 | Claudia Brokof | Ursula Profanter | Anne-Blandine Crochet |
| 2000 | Michaela Strnadova | Magali Thiebaut | Anne-Blandine Crochet |
| 2002 | Michaela Strnadova | Nathalie Leclerc | Ursula Profanter |
| 2004 | Sabine Eichenberger | Anne Blandine Crochet | Sabine Füsser |
| 2006 | Michaela Strnadova | Alexandra Heidrich | Sabine Eichenberger |
| 2008 | Sabine Eichenberger | Kateřina Vacíková | Manuela Stöberl |
| 2010 | Alke Overbeck | Hannah Brown | Jessica Oughton |
| 2012 | Manuela Stöberl | Sixtine Malaterre | Alke Overbeck |
| 2014 | Alke Overbeck | Michaela Strnadova | Manon Hostens |
| 2016 | Manon Hostens | Alke Overbeck | Costanza Bonaccorsi |
| 2018 | Martina Satková | Manon Hostens | Melanie Mathys |
K1 sprint
Men individual
Women individual
C1 classic
Men individual
Women individual
C1 sprint
Men individual
Women individual
C2 classic
Men individual
C2 sprint
Men individual
Multi-Medallists
Men individual
Top male paddlers with the best medal record including only individual events are listed below.| # | Paddler | Country | Born | Events | From | To | Tot. | |||
| 1 | Vladi Panato | 1972 | C1 classic and sprint | 1993 | 2018 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 2 | Vladimir Vala | 1963 | C1 classic + C2 classic and sprint | 1989 | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | Jaroslav Slúčik | 1963 | C2 classic and sprint | 1993 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| 4 | Emil Milihram | 1982 | C1 classic and sprint | 2000 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Guillaume Alzingre | 1983 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2004 | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 6 | Nejc Žnidarčič | 1984 | K1 classic and sprint | 2010 | 2014 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| 7 | Stéphane Santamaria | 1977 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2013 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Ondřej Rolenc | 1991 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2008 | 2019 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 9 | Louis Lapointe | 1992 | C1 and C2 classic and sprint | 2014 | 2019 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |