Adam van Koeverden

Adam van Koeverden

Adam paddling in a kayak
Personal information
Full name	Adam Joseph van Koeverden
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1982-01-29) January 29, 1982 (age 35) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Toronto
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport	Kayaking
Event(s)	K-1 1000m, K-1 500m
Club	Burloak Canoe Club
Medal record Men's canoeing Representing Canada Olympic Games 2004 Athens K-1 500 m 2008 Beijing K-1 500 m 2012 London K-1 1000 m 2004 Athens K-1 1000 m World Championships 2007 Duisburg K-1 500 m 2011 Szeged K-1 1000 m 2003 Gainesville K-1 1000 m 2005 Zagreb K-1 1000 m 2007 Duisburg K-1 1000 m 2005 Zagreb K-1 500 m 2009 Dartmouth K-1 1000 m 2010 Poznań K-1 500 m Pan American Games 2015 Toronto K-1 1000 m

Adam Joseph van Koeverden (born January 29, 1983) is a Canadian sprint kayaker. He was born in Toronto, Ontario to a Dutch father and a Hungarian mother. His home club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. A three-time world champion, twice in the K-1 500 m and once in the K-1 1000, and eight time medalist.

He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m at the 1999 world junior championships in Zagreb, Croatia, and then became world junior marathon champion in 2000. His first success as a senior came with a silver medal at the 2003 world championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the men's K-1 1000 m event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics van Koeverden won two medals, including a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-1 1000 m. He was Canada's flag bearer at the closing ceremonies and was later awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete of 2004.

In 2005, van Koeverden won two medals at the 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia: a silver in the K-1 1000 m and a bronze in the K-1 500 m. At the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, van Koeverden finished fourth in both the K-1 500 m and 1000 m finals. At the 2006 Canadian Sprint Canoe Championships in Regina, Saskatchewan, he won five gold medals (K-1 1000 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m, K-4 200 m, and War Canoe), and two silver medals (K-1 200 m and K-2 200 m).