The 2026 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Kraków, Poland, from 30 June to 5 July 2026, under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 27th edition of the competition for the Juniors (U18) and the 14th edition for the Under 23 category.
Kraków hosted the event for the 4th time after 2016, 2019 and 2023.
445 athletes from 51 countries participated in the event. A total of 24 medal events were contested.
Medal summary
Junior
Men
Canoe C1 88.11 91.97 96.80C1 teamDominik ŘežábekJáchym HanzelTomáš Indruch 92.12Riccardo PontarolloDennis FinaLars Aaron Senoner 93.16Léo RoyéCyrian MenuatThéo Chetoui 96.15
Kayak K1 86.75 88.07 89.04K1 teamTadej TilingerJan JančarSvit Konrad 89.15Théo ChetouiLiam Le TouzeLéo Royé 89.18Dominik EgyházyFilip DudaMatúš Egyházy 89.28Kayak crossKayak cross individual 55.98 56.45 56.75
Women
Canoe C1 106.22 108.62 108.96C1 teamMarkéta ŠtěpánkováValentýna KočířováBarbora Ondráčková 109.75Lili UlmerMargot LapezeLaurette Laly 121.08Carden OettingIvy LenzLucy Crino 122.75
Kayak K1 99.82 100.71 102.20K1 teamBarbora OndráčkováValentýna KočířováLucie Vaculová 96.93Nova MüllerNeele KrechBritta Jung 103.49Karolína AbrahámováZara ZáhorskáPetra Šošková 105.10Kayak crossKayak cross individual 61.89 61.91 62.09
Under 23
Men
Canoe C1 88.62 89.07 91.50C1 teamMartin CornuMewen DebliquyTitouan Estanguet 87.96Lukáš KratochvílAdam KrálMartin Kratochvíl 89.58Alex SeguraOier DíazMarc Vicente 92.84
Kayak K1 84.12 84.26 84.29K1 teamMartin CornuMewen DebliquyTitouan Estanguet 85.39Xabier FerrazziMichele PistoniGabriele Grimandi 86.20Matyáš NovákMichal KopečekMartin Rudorfer 86.33Kayak crossKayak cross individual 53.56 53.59 54.38
Women
Canoe C1 103.71 108.31 109.57C1 teamTereza KneblováAdriana MorenováAnna Fabianová 104.01Liu GaoyiXu JiaqiWu Yishan 108.21Elena MicozziIsabel LovatoVittoria Cuignon 110.85
Kayak K1 93.08 94.15 95.26K1 teamLeire GoñiAnna SimonaHaizea Segura 95.46Paulina PirroAntonia PlochmannMina Blume 97.18Ilona Martin LaemleNina Pesce-RoueCamille Brugvin 100.10Kayak crossKayak cross individual 59.27 59.63 59.64
Medal table
References
External links International Canoe Federation