Winners 2018 World Paddle Awards Announced
The 2018 World Paddle Awards have been announced, celebrating the best and most remarkable performances in paddlesport over the past year.
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Laurence Vincent Lapointe from Canada presented the 20128 Academy Award
Laurence Vincent Lapointe from Canada presented the 20128 Academy Award
Jessica Fox becomes the most awarded athlete at the World Paddle Awards 2014-2018
With winning the 2018 Sportswoman of the Year award for the second time Jessica Fox is now the most awarded athlete at the World Paddle Awards. In 2014 the Academy selected her for the Academy Award and last year she was presented the 2017 Sportswoman award in Silkeborg, Denmark.
2018 Awards winner Fernando Pimenta joins impressive list of Sportsmen
Fernando Pimenta from Portugal is the fifth Sportsman of the Year at the World Paddle Awards after Hank McGregor (2014), Rene Holten Poulsen (2015), Curtis McGrath (2016) and Peter Kauzer (2017).
Team Germany: the 2018 Team award is a great way to promote our sport and to feel respected
They pulled out the win in the midst of intense emotional turmoil following the sudden death of teammate Fiete Junge on the eve of the 2018 World Championships.
Gerd and Aniol Serrasolses honoured to receive the Academy Award
Widely recognized as two of the best whitewater kayakers in the world, Aniol and Gerd Serrasolses have spent years pushing the limits at the forefront of progression in the sport.
Winner Lifetime Achievement award Claudia Kerckhoff-Van Wijk still happiest when in her kayak
Claudia Van Wijk has lived and breathed the world of white-water kayaking since she was born. Growing up on the riverbanks of Ontario, Canada, she was paddling down rapids in the front of a double Klepper-Foldboot by the age of three.
Ottilie Robinson Shaw is the fifth girl in a row to win the (2018) Junior of the year award
Ottilie Robinson Shaw paddles well beyond her years and is redefining what is possible in junior women’s freestyle.
Joe Mornini, Team River Runner: the Foundation award belongs to thousands of volunteers and veterans
Since 2004, Joe Mornini and Team River Runner have been helping connect and create healing opportunities for wounded veterans by putting a paddle in their hands.
2018 Media Professional Daniel Stach: we need to be more oriented on the public
Film maker and adventurer Olaf Obsommer from Germany, and Czech Daniel Stach tied in the Media Professional of the Year category. It’s the first time there’s been a tie for any World Paddle Award.