2008 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships

2008 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
Location	Solkan, Slovenia

The 2008 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Solkan, Slovenia from 10 to 13 July 2008 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 10th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 6th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 15 medal events took place. No medals were awarded for the U23 men's C2 team event due to low number of participating countries.

Medal summary

Men

Canoe

Junior

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C1	Sideris Tasiadis (GER)	211.16	Jernej Zupan (SLO)	219.17	Anže Berčič (SLO)	231.37
C1 team	Germany Sideris Tasiadis Christian Scholz Alexander Funk	226.18	Slovenia Jure Lenarčič Jernej Zupan Anže Berčič	229.20	Czech Republic Martin Říha Jiří Herink František Jordán	241.87
C2	Andrzej Poparda/Kamil Gondek (POL)	238.35	Ondřej Karlovský/Jakub Jáně (CZE)	244.78	Robert Gotvald/Jan Vlček (CZE)	245.03
C2 team	Czech Republic Ondřej Karlovský/Jakub Jáně Robert Gotvald/Jan Vlček Jonáš Kašpar/Marek Šindler	242.81	Germany Robert Behling/Thomas Becker Holger Gerdes/Jan-Phillip Eckert Simon Auerbach/Florian Schubert	251.72	Poland Andrzej Poparda/Kamil Gondek Patryk Brzeziński/Dariusz Chlebek Wojciech Pasiut/Kacper Gondek	261.16

U23

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C1	Christos Tsakmakis (GRE)	208.84	Matej Beňuš (SVK)	209.99	Benjamin Savšek (SLO)	215.44
C1 team	Poland Dawid Bartos Grzegorz Hedwig Piotr Szczepański	220.76	Czech Republic Petr Karásek Pavel Foukal Jan Busta	221.29	France Denis Gargaud Chanut Jonathan Marc Edern Le Ruyet	221.30
C2	Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché (FRA)	226.50	Luka Božič/Sašo Taljat (SLO)	228.20	Tomáš Kučera/Ján Bátik (SVK)	232.16
C2 team (non-medal event)	Germany Kai Müller/Kevin Müller Daniel Junker/Martin Krenzer Mirko Arold/Maik Wiedemann	236.81	Czech Republic Martin Hammer/Ladislav Vlček Jan Zdráhal/Petr Zdráhal Tomáš Koplík/Jakub Vrzáň	239.81	Slovenia Luka Slapšak/Blaž Oven Nejc Višnar/Urban Jarc Luka Božič/Sašo Taljat	246.29

Kayak

Junior

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K1	Pavel Eigel (RUS)	203.84	Thomas Brady (GBR)	204.05	Ondřej Tunka (CZE)	209.23
K1 team	Poland Michał Pasiut Chrystian Półchłopek Rafał Polaczyk	213.34	Czech Republic Jiří Dupal Ondřej Zajíc Ondřej Tunka	216.91	Great Britain Thomas Brady Zachary Franklin Toby Jones	220.72

U23

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K1	Andrea Romeo (ITA)	196.75	Grzegorz Polaczyk (POL)	197.36	Samuel Hernanz (ESP)	198.10
K1 team	France Pierre Bourliaud Sébastien Combot Raphaël Reveche	201.84	Italy Lukas Mayr Riccardo De Gennaro Andrea Romeo	206.46	Poland Grzegorz Polaczyk Mateusz Polaczyk Łukasz Polaczyk	207.28

Women

Kayak

Junior

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K1	Kateřina Kudějová (CZE)	234.77	Eva Terčelj (SLO)	240.66	Stefanie Horn (GER)	242.09
K1 team	Germany Ricarda Funk Stefanie Horn Anne Rosentreter	253.09	Slovenia Nina Slapšak Dora Domajnko Eva Terčelj	266.79	Great Britain Claire Kimberley Emily Woodcock Bethan Latham	280.47

U23

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K1	Melanie Pfeifer (GER)	219.41	Urša Kragelj (SLO)	226.67	Corinna Kuhnle (AUT)	228.37
K1 team	Germany Melanie Pfeifer Katja Frauenrath Jacqueline Horn	231.20	Russia Ekaterina Perova Ekaterina Klimanova Ulyana Slotina	252.36	Poland Natalia Pacierpnik Małgorzata Milczarek Anna Ingier	254.05

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	5	1	1	7
2	Poland (POL)	3	1	3	7
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	3	3	8
4	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
5	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
7	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
8	Slovenia (SLO)	0	6	2	8
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
10	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	1	2
11	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		15	15	15	45

External links

• European Canoe Association