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Canoe Sprint

Program Overview

The SASI canoe sprint program caters for canoe sprint 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

2021/22 Scholarship
Reece Bacchus	Will Spencer
Josephine Bulmer	Oli Tucker
Daniel Kucharski	Bernadette Wallace
Maguire Reid	Caitlin Webber
Charli Smyth	Finn White

2021/2022 Training Agreement
Demi Bates	Chelsea Jentz

Program Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach - Kayak	TBA
State Development Coach (Kayak)	Luke Haniford
Manager Sports Program	Simon Cain
Physical Preparation Coach	Steve van Diepen
Physiotherapy	James Trotter
Psychologist & Wellbeing Lead	Alex McNaughton
Sports Physiologist	Sarah Woolford
Sports Dietitian	Olivia Warnes
Athlete Careers and Transition Lead	Mark Gregory

Selection Criteria

SASI Canoe Sprint Selection Criteria

News

Premier’s be active Challenge ambassadors in action at the Tokyo Games

20 Aug 2021

The 2020 Olympics was one for the history books, with athletes overcoming many challenges on the road to Tokyo including a postponed Games date, training in lockdown, quarantine periods and not being able to compete against their international rivals in the 12+ months prior.

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.

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