Katie Vincent - Canoeing Achievements

I rise to recognize the hard work and accomplishments of the very fair and noble sportswoman Katie Vincent. Katie put her name in the history books at Tokyo 2020, where she was a bronze medalist in the first Olympic games to include women's canoe events.

Katie's sport has changed a lot in her lifetime. In the early days, she often used men-sized boats and paddles when women's canoeing was new and their equipment was not available. Fast forward to today and she has won nine gold medals in various world championships, three of them in my riding on beautiful Lake Banook at the Canoe '22 world championships last Summer. This year she bounced back from a broken arm to win four medals at the world championships in Duisburg, Germany. Katie is a decorated world champion in her sport and a trailblazer for women in canoeing.

I ask all members of this House to wish Katie the very best of luck at her next destination - the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, later this year, and the Paris 2024 Olympics next year.