Ricarda Funk

Ricarda Funk
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 31)
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1, Kayak cross
ClubKSV Bad Kreuznach
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingNo. 1 (2017)
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 4 2 2
European Championships 4 3 2
U23 World Championships 0 1 0
U23 European Championships 2 0 2
Junior World Championships 0 1 1
Junior European Championships 2 0 1
Total 13 7 8
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo K1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pau K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bratislava K1
Gold medal – first place 2022 Augsburg K1
Gold medal – first place 2022 Augsburg K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2015 London K1
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Pau K1
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków K1
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków Kayak cross
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków K1 team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vienna K1
Gold medal – first place 2018 Prague K1
Gold medal – first place 2018 Prague K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Markkleeberg K1
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pau K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Ivrea K1
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Solkan K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bourg-Saint-Maurice K1
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Banja Luka K1
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Banja Luka K1 team
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Foix K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Roudnice nad Labem K1 team
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Solkan K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Markkleeberg K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liptovský Mikuláš K1

Ricarda Funk (born 15 April 1992) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008, specializing in the K1 discipline and since 2021 also in kayak cross.[1]

Funk won the gold medal in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This gold medal came after the disappointment of 2016, when she failed to qualify for the Rio games after losing to Melanie Pfeifer in the internal German qualification.

Funk won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships including 5 individual medals. She won her first individual world K1 title in 2021 in Bratislava and then retained the title in 2022 in Augsburg. She also won silver in 2015 and two bronzes back-to-back in 2017 and 2018. The remaining three medals came from the K1 team events as part of the German team. These include two golds in 2017 and 2022 and a silver in 2018.[2]

By winning the 2021 World K1 title as well as the Olympic K1 gold at the delayed Tokyo games, Funk became the first canoe slalom athlete to win both an Olympic and a World title in the same discipline in the same year. A feat that is unlikely to be repeated since the World Championships typically don't take place in Olympic years.

Funk won 9 medals (4 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes) at the European Championships, including a gold, a silver and a bronze at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. Six of these medals are in indvidual events (3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze in K1 and 1 silver in kayak cross). She was able to win the European K1 title in her first ever appearance at the 2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Vienna.[2]

Funk won the overall World Cup title in the K1 class in 2016 and 2017.[2] As of 2023 she has amassed 11 World Cup wins and 21 podiums. With the exception of one bronze in kayak cross, all of these podiums were in K1.

Funk was the year-end World No. 1 in 2017.[3]

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

Event 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Olympic Games K1 Not held — Not held 1 Not held
World Championships K1 5 2 Not held 3 3 5 Not held 1 1 7
Kayak cross Not held — — — Not held 13 7 10
K1 team 5 14 Not held 1 2 7 Not held — 1 8
European Championships K1 1 2 — 13 1 9 — 3 14 1[a]
Kayak cross Not held — 11 2[a]
K1 team 4 8 — 7 1 2 — 6 5 3[a]
  1. ^ a b c 2023 European Games

World Cup individual podiums

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1 11 3 6 20
Kayak cross 0 0 1 1
Total 11 3 7 21
Season Date Venue Position Event
2012 26 August 2012 Prague 3rd K1
2014 22 June 2014 Prague 1st K1
17 August 2014 Augsburg 1st K1
2015 28 June 2015 Kraków 3rd K1
2016 5 June 2016 Ivrea 1st K1
12 June 2016 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1
4 September 2016 Prague 1st K1
2017 18 June 2017 Prague 3rd K1
25 June 2017 Augsburg 1st K1
2 July 2017 Markkleeberg 1st K1
3 September 2017 Ivrea 1st K1
10 September 2017 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
2018 23 June 2018 Liptovský Mikuláš 3rd K1
8 September 2018 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
2019 15 June 2019 Lee Valley 2nd K1
22 June 2019 Bratislava 3rd K1
31 August 2019 Markkleeberg 1st K1
2021 19 June 2021 Markkleeberg 2nd K1
2022 3 September 2022 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
2023 9 June 2023 Prague 2nd K1
3 September 2023 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd Kayak cross

References

  1. ^ "Official site bio". Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Ricarda FUNK (GER)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  3. ^ "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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