Katie Vincent (canoeist)

Katharine Leslie "Katie" Vincent (born March 12, 1996) is a Canadian sprint canoeist.^[1] She won a gold medal in the women's C-1 200 metres event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as two bronze medals in the women's C-2 500 metres event, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Katie Vincent

Vincent in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Katharine Leslie Vincent
Born	(1996-03-12) March 12, 1996 (age 29) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Mississauga Canoe Club
Partner	Sloan MacKenzie (C-2)
Coached by	Kyle Jeffrey and Mark Granger
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2024 Paris C-1 200 m 2020 Tokyo C-2 500 m 2024 Paris C-2 500 m World Championships 2017 Racice C-2 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-2 500 m 2021 Copenhagen C-1 200 m 2022 Dartmouth C-1 5000 m 2022 Dartmouth C-4 500 m 2022 Dartmouth C-2 Mix 500 m 2023 Duisburg C-1 500 m 2023 Duisburg C-1 5000 m 2023 Duisburg C-2 Mix 500 m 2025 Milan C-1 500 m 2025 Milan C-2 500 m 2025 Milan C-1 5000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 500 m 2023 Duisburg C-2 500 m 2023 Duisburg C-4 500 m Pan American Games 2023 Santiago C-2 500 m

Career

She participated at the 2017 Racice, 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2019 Szeged.^[2]

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the debut women's canoe events Women's C-1 200 metres.^[3] Vincent would later win bronze in the women's C-2 500 metres with partner Laurence Vincent Lapointe.^[4] In June 2024, Vincent was named to her second Olympic team.^[5][6] At the Paris Olympics, Vincent won bronze in the C-2 500 event and gold in the C-1 200 event with a World's Best time of 44.12.^[7] Vincent became the first women to win a gold medal for Canada in the sport of canoeing.

On June 29, 2025 Vincent set a world record of 2:00.61 in the women's C-1 500-metre event at the Canadian national trials in Montreal, breaking the previous mark of 2:00.73 set by Alena Nazdrova of Belarus at the 2019 world championships.^[8]