Para-canoe

Para-canoe made its first appearance at the Paralympic Games at the 2016 Rio Games.

Para-canoe is open to athletes with a physical impairment and races are contested by two types of boat, kayak (K) and va’a (V). Races are individual events and are over a distance of 200 metres.

For more information on Para-Canoe Eligibility and How to Get Involved please see the Para-canoe Information Sheet (PDF – 96KB) – updated May 2024.

Medal History

2016Rio de Janerio
111
3
2020Tokyo
210
3
2024Paris
111
3

Classification

Para-canoe is open to athletes with a physical impairment. Athletes are required to submit medical reports and meet the minimum impairment criteria in order to compete. Eligibility is determined by trained Classifiers.

For more information on Eligible Impairments and Classification please see the Para-canoe Information Sheet (PDF – 85KB) – updated August 2024.

CONTACTS

We encourage those wishing to explore Para-canoe to contact their state federation in the first instance. The national federation link below provides information on the national high performance program leading to competing internationally and at the Paralympic Games.

National Federation
	Organisation	Website
	Paddle Australia	paddle.org.au
State Federations
State	Organisation	Website
NSW	Paddle NSW	paddlensw.org.au
QLD	Paddle QLD	qld.paddle.org.au
SA	Paddle SA	sa.paddle.org.au
TAS	Paddle TAS	tas.paddle.org.au
VIC	Paddle VIC	vic.paddle.org.au
WA	Paddle WA	paddlewa.asn.au