Jade Wilson won Team South Africa’s first medal at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships claiming a bronze from her U23 K1 race in Gyor, Hungary on Friday, 5 September, 2025.
East London’s Jade Wilson gave South Africa its first medal when she finished third in the women’s U23 K1 event, with Saskia Hockly finishing fifth.
In the Senior Women’s Long Course K2 race on Sunday, Wilson narrowly missed out on a second medal, when she stepped up to the senior category and partnered Jenna Nisbett to fourth, with Hockly and Pippa McGregor ending one place further back.
South Africa Senior Women at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Gyor, Hungary
Short Course K1
16th – Jenna Nisbet
19th – Nix Birkett
Long Course K2
4th – Jenna Nisbet & Jade Wilson
5th – Sakia Hockly & Pippa McGregor
Under 23 Women
Long Course K1
1. Pernille Hostrup (Denmark)
2. Panna Csepe (Hungary)
3. Jade Wilson (South Africa)
4. Maria Rego Gomez (Portugal)
5. Saskia Hockly (South Africa)
Junior Girls
Short Course K1
18th Isabella Strydom
Long Course K1
12th – Alayah Krogscheepers
15th – Isabella Strydom
Long Course K2
11th – Hana Newlands & Tayla Norton
12th – Emma Privett & Alayah Krogscheepers
Original Copy: Tim Whitfield for Paddlesport South Africa, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Hungarian Panna Csepe (silver), Dane Pernille Hostrup (gold) and South African Jade Wilson (bronze) for the U23 women’s podium at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Gyor, Hungary, on Friday, 5 September, 2025. Photo: ICF / Gameplan Media
Photo 2 Caption: East London’s Jade Wilson gave SA its first medal when she finished third in the women’s U23 K1 event, with Saskia Hockly (left) finishing fifth.
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