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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

Olympian Bernadette Wallace announces retirement from elite paddling

13 Dec 2022

Tokyo Olympian Bernadette Wallace has announced her retirement from elite paddling.

SASI celebrates successful athletes and 40-year history

06 Nov 2022

The annual South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) Awards were held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Friday night, honouring the best in South Australian sport and SASI’s 40^th anniversary.

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.

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