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Ponte de Lima to Take Centre Stage for Canoe Marathon Enthusiasts

Ponte de Lima to Take Centre Stage for Canoe Marathon Enthusiasts 1.6.2025

Portugal, a powerhouse in canoeing and renowned for its excellent organisation of major international canoeing events, will this week host one of the highlights of the European canoeing season. The 2025 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships will take place in Ponte de Lima between 2nd and 8th June.


The Portuguese national team is expected to line up in full strength for their home European Championships in canoe marathon. On the start line in Ponte de Lima will be local hero Fernando Pimenta, one of the sport’s biggest stars, alongside the experienced Jose Ramalho and rising talent Maria Gomes. Also competing will be Rui Lacerda, Sergio Maciel, Norberto Mourao, and others.
 
The competition will be fierce, with all the strongest national teams in canoe marathon in attendance, including Spain, Hungary, and Poland. The start list features many big names in the sport such as Liudmyla Babak, Melina Andersson, Manuel Campos, Ivan Alonso, Walter Bouzan, Oscar Grana, Diego Romero, Eva Barrios, Irati Osa, Tania Alvarez, Vanda Kiszli, Zsofia Kisban, Adrian Boros, Jon Vold, Mateusz Borgiel, Mateusz Zuchora, Joakim Lindberg, Deys Davydov, Jeremy Candy, Philip Knudsen, Marcel Paufler, Krisztina Bedocs, Jakub Zavrel, Katerina Milova and many more.
 
The main part of the Championships will feature short races and canoe marathon events, with Senior, U23, Junior, and Paracanoe athletes in action. Races will take place from Thursday to Sunday, with first Paracanoe events scheduled for Wednesday.

 

Participating nations: Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, AIN.

 

On Monday and Tuesday, the venue will be taken over by the Masters, who will compete over two days in women’s and men’s kayak, men’s canoe, men’s canoe double, and men’s, women’s, and mixed kayak doubles. Athletes from 17 countries will take part in the Masters events.

 

Participating nations: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

 

The 2024 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships medallists

 

EVENT

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

Senior Men K1 short race

Mads Pedersen (DEN)

Jon Vold (NOR)

James Russell (GBR)

Senior Men C1 short race

Mateusz Borgiel (POL)

Ignacio Calvo (ESP)

Rui Lacerda (POR)

Senior Women K1 short race

Vanda Kiszli (HUN)

Krisztina Bedocs (SRB)

Susanna Cicali (ITA)

Senior Women C1 short race

Liudmyla Babak (UKR)

Olena Tsyhankova (UKR)

Yseline Huet (FRA)

Senior Men K1

Mads Pedersen (DEN)

Jeremy Candy (FRA)

James Russell (GBR)

Senior Men C1

Manuel Campos (ESP)

Rui Lacerda (POR)

Diego Romero (ESP)

Senior Men K2

Soren Maretti – Philip Knudsen (DEN)

Quentin Urban – Jeremy Candy (FRA)

Miguel Llorens – Alberto Plaza (ESP)

Senior Men C2

Mateusz Borgiel – Mateusz Zuchora (POL)

Rui Lacerda – Ricardo – Coelho (POR)

Manuel Campos – Diego Romero (ESP)

Senior Women K1

Vanda Kiszli (HUN)

Tania Alvarez (ESP)

Zsofia Czellai – Voros (HUN)

Senior Women C1

Liudmyla Babak (UKR)

Paulina Grzelkiewicz (POL)

Yseline Huet (FRA)

Senior Women K2

Irati Osa – Arantza Toledo (ESP)

Vanda Kiszli – Zsofia Czellai Voros (HUN)

Panna Csepe – Panna Sinko (HUN)

U23 Men K1

Philip Knudsen (DEN)

Joaquin Iglesias (ESP)

Csanad Sellyei (HUN)

U23 Men C1

Eryk Wilga (POL)

Mihaly Pluzsik (HUN)

Kevin Longo (ESP)

U23 Women K1

Pernille Hostrup (DEN)

Panna Sinko (HUN)

Panna Csepe (HUN)

U23 Women C1

Annette Wehrmann (GER)

Alzbeta Veverkova (CZE)

Lili Matkovics (HUN)

Junior Men K1 short race

Daniel Zemen (HUN)

Arvid Soderman (SWE)

Anton Hinge (DEN)

Junior Women K1 short race

Maria Gomes (POR)

Karen Andersen (DEN)

Laura Figaredo (ESP)

Junior Men K1

Daniel Zemen (HUN)

Leonardo Candela (ITA)

Tamas Ivancso (HUN)

Junior Men C1

Alex Wilga (POL)

Krystian Kubica (POL)

Marcell Meri (HUN)

Junior Men K2

Joao Sousa – Francisco Batista (POR)

Giovanni Penasa – Daniel Allen (ITA)

Benedek Hoffer – Mihaly Erdesz (HUN)

Junior Men C2

Krystian Kubica – Alex Wilga (POL)

Zsombor Szegi – Bonifac Koleszar (HUN)

Artem Bocheliuk – Maksym Lavrenchuk (UKR)

Junior Women K1

Maria Gomes (POR)

Karen Andersen (DEN)

Beatrice Candela (ITA)

Junior Women C1

Agata Kowalak (POL)

Tereza Kodetova (CZE)

Candela Romero (ESP)

Junior Women K2

Panni Hudi-Kadler – Panka Zatyko (HUN)

Lotte Liwowski – Caroline Heuser (GER)

Janka Reisz – Klaudia Kmetyo (HUN)

 

 

LIVESTREAMING: https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope

 

RESULTS - SENIOR, U23, JUNIOR, PARACANOE: https://memosoft.spotfokus.com/timetable/eventdetail/128/ECA-CANOE-MARATHON-EUROPEAN-CHAMPIONSHIPS-2025

 

RESULTS - MASTERS: https://memosoft.spotfokus.com/timetable/index.php?page=eventdetail&folder=127&gmt=2&gmt2=-120

 

WEBSITE: https://canoemarathonportugal.com/

 

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/canoemarathonportugal/

 

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