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Canoe Sprint

Program Overview

The SASI canoe sprint program caters for sprint canoe/kayak athletes who are aspiring to junior and senior national team representation.

Training Venue

Boat Shed
100 Military Road
West Lakes SA 5021

South Australian Sports Institute
27 Valetta Road
Kidman Park SA 5025

Athletes

2019/20 Scholarship
Reece Bacchus	Chris Kither	Charli Smyth
Josephine Bulmer	Daniel Kucharski	Bernadette Wallace
Jesse Ellis	Catherine McArthur	Caitlin Webber
Matt Goble	Ashlee Schoene

Program Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach - Kayak	Laurance Fletcher
Head Coach - National Canoe Program	Dusan Ruzicic
State Development Coach (Kayak)	Luke Haniford
State Development Coach (Canoe)	Cristi Florian
High Performance Lead	Simon Cain
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Craig Colduck
Physiotherapy	James Trotter
Personal Excellence Senior Adviser	Alex McNaughton

Selection Criteria

SASI Canoe Sprint Selection Criteria

News

Canoe Sprint Nationals in Adelaide

12 May 2021

There is just one week to go until Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic Canoe and Kayak sprint athletes will converge on Adelaide for the 2021 Paddle Australia Canoe Sprint Championships.

Full paddle ahead as SASI stars win berth for Tokyo Olympic Games

30 Mar 2020

A lifeline has been thrown to athletes, including a trio from the SA Sports Institute, with news of their selection on to the Australian team which will compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 as part of the canoe sprint team.