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Zachary Zwanenburg Takes Home Silver

at Kayaking World Championship

By Victoria Klassen and the 2015 Freestyle World
Championships on the Ottawa River.
Now he has added a silver medal to
achary Zwanenburg achieved a
Zsilver medal finish at the 2022 the collection.
ICF Freestyle Kayaking World “There aren’t really any good words
Championships in Nottingham, UK, to express what it’s like to medal at
during the last week of June. He a World Championships event. This
competed in the OC1 category (Open is the second time I have medaled
Canoe). at a World Championships, but this

one was on another level,” shared
Zwanenburg’s kayaking journey
began when he was very young, first Zwanenburg.
starting to kayak with his father, and The finals in Freestyle kayaking
then getting his own kayak at age six. competitions consist of three
He began competing internationally 45-second rides where riders try and
in Slalom and Freestyle kayaking in score as many points as possible by
2012. Since then, he has captured performing various tricks. Riders
a bronze medal at the 2013 Pan keep the best score from the three
American Championship in Mexico, runs. Zwanenburg managed to hold

Zachary Zwanenburg placed second at the 2022 ICF Freestyle Kayaking
World Championships in June 2022. Photo Jack Ledwith
UNRIVALED CUTTING onto first place right until his third course. He also trains on flatwater at

COMFORT & UTILITY ride, when Philip Josef from Germany the Stormont Yacht Club during the
tied Zwanenburg for gold. In the end, off-season. Zwanenburg also wanted
Josef’s second-best ride scored higher to thank his friends and family,
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Zwanenburg says his goals for Yacht Club, Salus Marine Wear, and
kayaking remain the same as they’ve Kayak Ideal.
always been—to keep enjoying the “It’s really hard to pinpoint exactly
sport and having fun. Along with what makes the sport so incredible,”
some upcoming local and national said Zwanenburg. “Whether it’s
competitions, Zwanenburg is training the freedom you feel when surfing
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