Ricarda Funk
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992
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 place2020 TokyoK1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 PauK1 team
Gold medal – first place2021 BratislavaK1
Gold medal – first place2022 AugsburgK1
Gold medal – first place2022 AugsburgK1 team
Silver medal – second place2015 LondonK1
Silver medal – second place2018 Rio de JaneiroK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2017 PauK1
Bronze medal – third place2018 Rio de JaneiroK1
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 KrakówK1
Silver medal – second place2023 KrakówKayak cross
Bronze medal – third place2023 KrakówK1 team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 ViennaK1
Gold medal – first place2018 PragueK1
Gold medal – first place2018 PragueK1 team
Silver medal – second place2015 MarkkleebergK1
Silver medal – second place2019 PauK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2021 IvreaK1
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Liptovský MikulášK1 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 SolkanK1 team
Gold medal – first place2013 Bourg-Saint-MauriceK1
Bronze medal – third place2011 Banja LukaK1
Bronze medal – third place2011 Banja LukaK1 team
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 FoixK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2008 Roudnice nad LabemK1 team
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 SolkanK1 team
Gold medal – first place2010 MarkkleebergK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2009 Liptovský MikulášK1

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[lower-alpha 1]
Kayak cross Not held — 11 2[lower-alpha 1]
K1 team 4 8 — 7 1 2 — 6 5 3[lower-alpha 1]
  1. 1 2 3 2023 European Games

World Cup individual podiums

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1113620
Kayak cross0011
Total113721
Season Date Venue Position Event
201226 August 2012Prague3rdK1
201422 June 2014Prague1stK1
17 August 2014Augsburg1stK1
201528 June 2015Kraków3rdK1
20165 June 2016Ivrea1stK1
12 June 2016La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
4 September 2016Prague1stK1
201718 June 2017Prague3rdK1
25 June 2017Augsburg1stK1
2 July 2017Markkleeberg1stK1
3 September 2017Ivrea1stK1
10 September 2017La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
201823 June 2018Liptovský Mikuláš3rdK1
8 September 2018La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
201915 June 2019Lee Valley2ndK1
22 June 2019Bratislava3rdK1
31 August 2019Markkleeberg1stK1
202119 June 2021Markkleeberg2ndK1
20223 September 2022La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
20239 June 2023Prague2ndK1
3 September 2023La Seu d'Urgell3rdKayak cross

References

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