Katie VINCENT (CAN)

Katie

Playing a crucial role in the inclusion of women’s canoe sprint events at the Olympic Games, the Ontario native won a C2 500 bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. She upgraded that to a gold in C1 200 at Paris 2024 before adding another C2 500 bronze. Starting to paddle at the age of 10, her role model is compatriot Mark Oldershaw. She is currently pursuing kinesiology at York University and is nicknamed Kitkat.

Halifax, NS

Athlete, Student

Human Movement Studies - Dalhousie University: Halifax, NS, CAN

She began paddling at age 10

She signed up for a youth programme because her older brother Chris and some of her friends had joined

Mississauga Canoe Club: Canada

Kyle Jeffrey [personal], CAN; Rob Stott [national], CAN

2012

Brazil

Pan American Championships

Rio

Coach Kyle Jeffery

Her paddle has to be taped a certain way so that she knows where to place her hands

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo

She was named the 2013 Female Amateur Athlete of the Year in Mississauga, ON, Canada. (Facebook page, 12 Aug 2015) She was flag bearer for Team Ontario at the closing ceremony of the 2013 Canada Games in Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. (makeachamp.com, 2015)

LOBBYIST She was one of the leading canoeists lobbying for the inclusion of the women's canoe sprint events at the Olympic Games. "Mostly because male canoe is in the Olympics and there's also women's kayak and men's kayak, [women's canoe] is kind of the missing piece of the puzzle. There are people you talk to and explain the inequality that has been there and it is mostly surprising and shocking." (mississauga.com, 21 Jan 2016)

Olympics: Gold - 1, Bronze - 2; World Championships: Gold - 9, Bronze - 3.