2025 ICF SUP Worlds: Highlights and results

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Welcome to the dedicated 2025 ICF SUP Worlds page! The 2025 ICF Stand-Up Paddleboarding World Championships are making history in Abu Dhabi from 29 October – 2 November, as the UAE hosts the event for the very first time. TotalSUP, the official media partner, is bringing you all the latest updates from this landmark championship – from high-speed sprints and technical races to the gruelling long-distance challenge.

Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Highlights from the 2025 ICF Worlds

Long Distance Final Results – Top 10:

Open Women

1. Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico)
2. Duna Gordillo (Spain)
3. Alba Alonso Frey (Spain)
4. Rika Okuaki (Japan)
5. Juliette DuHaime (Argentina)
6. Natsumi Baba (Japan)
7. Natalia NOVITSKAIA (AIN)
8. Aida Nepola (Spain)
9. Dora EBENSPANGER (Hungary)
10. Athanasia KARAINDROU (Greece)

Shuri Araki | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Open men

1. Shuri Araki (Japan)
2. Aaron Sanchez (Spain)
3. Rai Taguchi (Japan)
4. Donato Freens (The Netherlands)
5. Antoni Morillo Sanchez (Spain)
6. Nikolaos Malekakis (Greece)
7. Michael Booth (Australia)
8. Fernando Perez Serra (Spain)
9. Nariakira Shimazu (Japan)
10. Lluis Perotti Feriol (Spain)

Long Distance Junior Women – Top 5:

1. Csillag Kocsis (Hungary)
2. Sveva Sabato (Italy)
3. Claudia Postiglione (Italy)
4. Alexia Soto (Spain)
5. Bianca Toncelli (Spain)

Long Distance Junior Men – Top 5:

1. Tatsuma Nishikawa (Japan)
2. Zeno Szabo (Hungary)
3. Maximus Sijrier (The Netherlands)
4. Benyam Bossack (Germany)
5. Nagito Hirata (Japan)

Long Distance Women 40+ – Top 5:

1. Sujeong Lim (South Korea)
2. Petronella Van Malsen (The Netherlands)
3. Sabine Fischer (Switzerland)
4. Juliana Gonzalez (Argentina)
5. Sandra Mariela Grecco (Argentina)

Long Distance Men 40+ – Top 5: 

1. Manuel Lauble (Germany)
2. Joep Van Bakel (The Netherlands)
3. Tommy Buday (Canada)
4. Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
5. Szabolcs Fodor (Hungary)

Long Distance Women 50+ – Top 5: 

1. Penny TSAOUTOU (Greece)
2. Edith TURCOTTE (Canada)
3. Sara ODDERA (Italy)
4. Margarita FERRIOL GUILLERMO (Spain)
5. Anna OCCHIOGROSSO (Italy)

Long Distance Men 50+ – Top 5: 

1. Gabor Szabo (Hungary)
2. Peter Weidert (Germany)
3. Marc Foraster (Spain)
4. Balazs Dori (Hungary)
5. Eleftherios MAROULAKIS (Greece)

Day 2 Highlights / 2025 ICF Stand Up Paddling (SUP) World Championships Abu Dhabi – Tech Races  

Tech Race Final Results – Top 5:

Women Open Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Open Women

1. Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico)
2. Duna Gordillo (Spain)
3. Alba Alonso Frey (Spain)
4. Juliette DuHaime (Argentina)
5. Natsumi Baba (Japan)

Men Open Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Open Men

1. Aaron Sanchez (Spain)
2. Shuri Araki (Japan)
3. Rai Taguchi (Japan)
4. Fernando Perez Serra (Spain)
5. Nariakira Shimazu (Japan)

Junior Men Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Junior Men

1. Tatsuma Nishikawa (Japan)
2. João Lourenço Pimenta Viveiros (Portugal)
3. Benyam Bossack (Germany)
4. Eliott Bry (France)
5. Zeno Szabo (Hungary)

Junior Women Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Junior Women

1. Sveva Sabato (Italy)
2. Erasmia Malekaki (Greece)
3. Velia Pisanelli (Italy)
4. Alexia Soto (Spain)
5. Hanna Kaminska (Poland)

Men 40+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Men 40+

1. Francisco Giusti (Argentina)
2. Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
3. Hermann Husslein (Thailand)
4. Takahiro KASHIWABARA (Japan)
5. Manuel Lauble (Germany)

Women 40+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Women 40+

1. Sujeong Lim (South Korea)
2. Giannissa Vecco (Peru)
3. Claudia Luccheta (Italy)
4. Juliana Gonzalez (Argentina)
5. Petronella Von Malsen (The Netherlands)

Men 50+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Men 50+

1. Peter Weidert (Germany)
2. Santi Canto (Spain)
3. Gabor Szabo (Hungary)
4. Daniele Cani (Italy)
5. Marc Foraster (Spain)

Women 50+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Women 50+

1. Edith Turcotte (Canada)
2. Diva Hatami (Israel)
3. Margarita FERRIOL GUILLERMO (Spain)
4. Sara Oddera (Italy)
5. Anna OCCHIOGROSSO (Italy)

Day 1 Highlights / 2025 ICF Stand Up Paddling (SUP) World Championships Abu Dhabi – Sprint Races 

Sprint Final Results – Top 5

Men Open Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Open Men

1. Sergio CANTORAL QUIRANT (Spain)
2. Vadim KOROBOV (Lithuania)
3. Andrii Kraitor (Bulgaria)
4. Rai Taguchi (Japan)
5. Normen Weber (Germany)

Women Open Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Open Women

1. Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico)
2. Alba Alonso Frey (Spain)
3. Seychelle Webster (USA)
4. Kyriaki LOGOTHETI (Greece)
5. Juliette DuHaime (Argentina)

Junior Men Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Junior Men

1. Andreas KIOUSIS VOULGARIS (Greece)
2. Matei BARBU (Romania)
3. Zeno Szabo (Hungary)
4. Tatsuma Nishikawa (Japan)
5. Ruben CANTORAL QUIRANT (Spain)

Junior Women Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Junior Women

1. Claudia Postiglione (Italy)
2. Alexia Soto (Spain)
3. Hanna Kaminska (Poland)
4. Csillag Kocsis (Hungary)
5. Amelia Moral (Spain)

Men 40+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Men 40+

1. Manuel Lauble (Germany)
2. Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
3. Ivan SHIRSHOV (AIN)
4. Hermann Husslein (Thailand)
5. Tomas Lelovitz (Slovakia)

Women 40+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Women 40+

1. Anastasiia Ganina (AIN)
2. Giannisa Vecco (Peru)
3. Olga Merkulova (AIN)
4. Sujeong Lim (Japan)
5. Petronella Van Malsen (The Netherlands)

Men 50+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Men 50+

1. Peter Weidert (Germany)
2. Chris Stringer (Canada)
3. Tomas Varnas (Lithuania)
4. Gabor Szabo (Hungary)
5. Gennadii Sekisov (AIN)

Women 50+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto

Women 50+

1. Edith TURCOTTE (Canada)
2. Penny TSAOUTOU (Greece)
3. Polona PUSLJAR (Slovenia)
4. Paula Maria RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ (Spain)
5. Joko OKADA (Japan)

Full result tables can be found here.

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