Susanne Gunnarsson - Swedish
Susanne Gunnarsson is a three time Olympic medalist turned well respected coach.
Organisation | The Academy
A unique association of the greatest living sporting legends and other figureheads, the Academy embraces the principles of using sport to help bring positive social change and unite the different paddlesport disciplines and cultures. Academy members offer their time, expertise and passion to support the work of WPA year round, and share a belief in the power of sport to break down barriers, build bridges, and bring the paddling community together, to improve the lives of people and communities around the world.
Tamas Buday Sr - Hungary
In a career that spans more than four decades, Tamas Buday Sr. has devoted his life to sprint canoeing as an athlete, coach and mentor.
Ursula Andrews Afonso - British / South African
An extraordinary lifetime in paddlesports; ex-club Committee Member, fundraiser, exams writer, a paddler's 'dream' mother.
Vladimir Parfenovich - Belarusian
Vladimir Parfenovich will go down in history as one of the most successful canoe sprint paddlers having won a combined total of 12 Olympic and World Championship titles.