PARIS
2024
Leaving Tokyo with something special in Canadian fashion. Proud to be part of HERstory this week. Even prouder to be doing it wearing a maple leaf. To my family, coaches, training partners (past & present), IST, mentors, sponsors, canoe club, and friends Arigato x100000 for all the support over the past 5 years and beyond. It will take some time for this all to sink in, and I’m so glad to be home to share this with everyone.
Katie Vincent
Born & raised in Mississauga, Katie “Kitkat” Vincent joined the Mississauga Canoe Club in 2006, at the age of 10. She found a love for summers at the club, enjoying time on the water creating lifelong friendships and memories. At age 16, Katie decided to focus on training hoping to be the first woman to compete for Canada at the Olympics in sprint canoe. In August 2019, she qualified Canada’s first spot for Tokyo and will be training hard in hopes of proudly wearing the maple leaf at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics next August.
Notable National & International Results
2022 COPAC Pan American Championships – GOLD (C1 200m), GOLD (C1 500m)
2022 ICF World Championships – GOLD (C1 Women 5000m), GOLD (C2 Mix 500m), GOLD (C4 Women 500m)
2021 Olympic Games: BRONZE (C-2 500m), 8th (C-1 200m)
2019 ICF World Championships: 5th (C-1 200m); 2018 – BRONZE (C-1 500m), GOLD (C-2 500m); 2017 – GOLD (C-2 500m); 2015 – 6th (C-2 500m)
2018 COPAC Pan American Championships: GOLD (C-2 500m)
2018 ICF World Championships (U23): GOLD (C-1 200m), GOLD (C-1 500m);
2017 ICF World Championships: GOLD (C-1 200m), 4th (C-1 500m);
2016 ICF World Championships: GOLD (C-1 200m), SILVER (C-2 500m); 2015 – SILVER (C-1 500m), 5th (C-1 200m)
2014 ICF World Championships (junior): GOLD (C-1 200m), SILVER (C-2 500m)
2013 ICF World Championships: – DNF (C-2 500m)
2012 COPAC Pan American Championships (junior) – GOLD (C-1 200m), GOLD (C1 500m), GOLD (C1 5000m), BRONZE (C2 200m), BRONZE (C2 500m)
27x World Cup medalist
38x National Champion
6x ICF Super Cup Medalist
Worlds Best Time: Womens C2 500m- 1:51.462
Simon McTavish
Simon McTavish (born 19 July, 1996) is a Canadian male sprint kayaker. Born in Oakville, Ontario, Simon McTavish moved with his family to Sydney, Australia where he began paddling in 2011 at the age of 14. He represented Australia for 7 years from 2012 to 2018 on Olympic Hopes, Junior, U23 and Senior Teams. After successful international results in 2018, winning medals for Australia at the U23 World Championships and the FISU World University Games, the opportunity presented itself to return home to Canada and Simon jumped at it.
In 2019, at the conclusion of his Project Management Degree at the University of Sydney, Simon moved back to Canada and secured his spot on the Canadian National Team in May at the Olympic Basin in Montreal, Canada, winning the k1 1000m and the k4 500m races. In 2019 he qualified an Olympic quota spot for Canada at the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary with his teammates Mark de Jonge, Pierre Luc Poulin, and Nick Matveev in the K4 500m. Simon went on to fulfill his dream of competing for Canada at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, taking place in August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since moving to Canada Simon has represented the Mississauga Canoe Club domestically earning 11 National Championship titles to his name. Simon currently defends the national champion title across all K1 distances in Canada.
Notable National & International Results
2022 ICF World Championships: 4th (K1 Men 5000m), 5th (K4 Men 500m)
2021 Olympic Games: 20th (K-1 1000m), 10th (K-4 500m)
2019 ICF World Championships: 14th (K-4 500m); 2017 *- 9th (K-2 500m)
2018 FISU World University Championships*: GOLD (K-1 1000m), GOLD (K-1 500m), BRONZE (K-1 200m)
2018 ICF World Championships (U23)*: SILVER (K-1 1000m), 8th (K-4 500m); 2017 – 8th (K-4 500m); 2016 – 8th (K-2 1000m), 8th (K-4 1000m)
2014 ICF World Championships (junior)*: 7th (K-2 1000m)
CKC National Championships: Gold in K1 200m, 500m & 1000m for 2019, 2021 and 2022.
*with Australia
Erica Scarff
Erica Scarff starting paddling in 2013 when it was suggested to her by her coach at the time, Mari Ellery at a prothestic clinc. Scarff, a gymnast before her amputation, was already into sports as a teenager despite her disability dabbling in swimming, cycling and alpine skiing. She actually had to chose between racing on slopes or on flatwater!
Scarff burst on the national scene in 2013 earning a gold medal in the K1 200m at the Canadian Championships. She has since represented Canada at many international events, including World Championships and the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio where she placed 7th in the KL3 200m event.
At age 12, Scarff was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that Terry Fox had. She says she is inspired by how Fox fought the cancer and was able to launch his Marathon of Hope.
– Canoe Kayak Canada
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