Results - 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Biography

Katie VINCENT

Federation :	CANOE KAYAK CANADA
Gender:	Female
Date of birth:	12/03/1996
Height (cm.) :	178
Weight (Kg.) :	58

Athlete entered in:
Women's 500m C1 SENIOR
Women's 500m C2 SENIOR	other members of the team:		Laurence VINCENT-LAPOINTE

NICKNAME:		Katie
BIOGRAPHY:		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.
FACEBOOK:		https://www.facebook.com/KatieVincentCanoe/
TWITTER:		https://twitter.com/kvincent96
INSTAGRAM:		https://www.instagram.com/katie.20.100_/
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:		Halifax, NS
OCCUPATION:		Athlete, Student
HIGHER EDUCATION:		Human Movement Studies - Dalhousie University: Halifax, NS, CAN
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:		She began paddling at age 10
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:		She signed up for a youth programme because her older brother Chris and some of her friends had joined
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:		Coach Kyle Jeffery
SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS:		Her paddle has to be taped a certain way so that she knows where to place her hands
AMBITIONS :		To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
AWARDS AND HONORS:		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)
CLUB:		Mississauga Canoe Club: Canada
NAME OF COACH:		Kyle Jeffrey [personal], CAN; Rob Stott [national], CAN
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:		2012
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:		Brazil
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:		Pan American Championships
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION:		Rio
OTHER INFORMATION:		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)
BEST RESULTS:		Olympics: Gold - 1, Bronze - 2; World Championships: Gold - 9, Bronze - 3.