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
Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Duna Gordillo (Spain)
Alba Alonso Frey (Spain)
Rika Okuaki (Japan)
Juliette DuHaime (Argentina)
Natsumi Baba (Japan)
Natalia NOVITSKAIA (AIN)
Aida Nepola (Spain)
Dora EBENSPANGER (Hungary)
Athanasia KARAINDROU (Greece)
Shuri Araki | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Open men
Shuri Araki (Japan)
Aaron Sanchez (Spain)
Rai Taguchi (Japan)
Donato Freens (The Netherlands)
Antoni Morillo Sanchez (Spain)
Nikolaos Malekakis (Greece)
Michael Booth (Australia)
Fernando Perez Serra (Spain)
Nariakira Shimazu (Japan)
Lluis Perotti Feriol (Spain)
Long Distance Junior Women – Top 5:
Csillag Kocsis (Hungary)
Sveva Sabato (Italy)
Claudia Postiglione (Italy)
Alexia Soto (Spain)
Bianca Toncelli (Spain)
Long Distance Junior Men – Top 5:
Tatsuma Nishikawa (Japan)
Zeno Szabo (Hungary)
Maximus Sijrier (The Netherlands)
Benyam Bossack (Germany)
Nagito Hirata (Japan)
Long Distance Women 40+ – Top 5:
Sujeong Lim (South Korea)
Petronella Van Malsen (The Netherlands)
Sabine Fischer (Switzerland)
Juliana Gonzalez (Argentina)
Sandra Mariela Grecco (Argentina)
Long Distance Men 40+ – Top 5:Â
Manuel Lauble (Germany)
Joep Van Bakel (The Netherlands)
Tommy Buday (Canada)
Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
Szabolcs Fodor (Hungary)
Long Distance Women 50+ – Top 5:Â
Penny TSAOUTOU (Greece)
Edith TURCOTTE (Canada)
Sara ODDERA (Italy)
Margarita FERRIOL GUILLERMO (Spain)
Anna OCCHIOGROSSO (Italy)
Long Distance Men 50+ – Top 5:Â
Gabor Szabo (Hungary)
Peter Weidert (Germany)
Marc Foraster (Spain)
Balazs Dori (Hungary)
Eleftherios MAROULAKIS (Greece)
Day 2 Highlights / 2025 ICF Stand Up Paddling (SUP) World Championships Abu Dhabi – Tech Races Â
Tech Race Final Results – Top 5:
Women Open Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Open Women
Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Duna Gordillo (Spain)
Alba Alonso Frey (Spain)
Juliette DuHaime (Argentina)
Natsumi Baba (Japan)
Men Open Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Open Men
Aaron Sanchez (Spain)
Shuri Araki (Japan)
Rai Taguchi (Japan)
Fernando Perez Serra (Spain)
Nariakira Shimazu (Japan)
Junior Men Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Junior Men
Tatsuma Nishikawa (Japan)
João Lourenço Pimenta Viveiros (Portugal)
Benyam Bossack (Germany)
Eliott Bry (France)
Zeno Szabo (Hungary)
Junior Women Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Junior Women
Sveva Sabato (Italy)
Erasmia Malekaki (Greece)
Velia Pisanelli (Italy)
Alexia Soto (Spain)
Hanna Kaminska (Poland)
Men 40+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Men 40+
Francisco Giusti (Argentina)
Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
Hermann Husslein (Thailand)
Takahiro KASHIWABARA (Japan)
Manuel Lauble (Germany)
Women 40+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Women 40+
Sujeong Lim (South Korea)
Giannissa Vecco (Peru)
Claudia Luccheta (Italy)
Juliana Gonzalez (Argentina)
Petronella Von Malsen (The Netherlands)
Men 50+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Men 50+
Peter Weidert (Germany)
Santi Canto (Spain)
Gabor Szabo (Hungary)
Daniele Cani (Italy)
Marc Foraster (Spain)
Women 50+ Tech Race Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Women 50+
Edith Turcotte (Canada)
Diva Hatami (Israel)
Margarita FERRIOL GUILLERMO (Spain)
Sara Oddera (Italy)
Anna OCCHIOGROSSO (Italy)
Day 1 Highlights / 2025 ICF Stand Up Paddling (SUP) World Championships Abu Dhabi – Sprint RacesÂ
Sprint Final Results â Top 5
Men Open Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Open Men
Sergio CANTORAL QUIRANT (Spain)
Vadim KOROBOV (Lithuania)
Andrii Kraitor (Bulgaria)
Rai Taguchi (Japan)
Normen Weber (Germany)
Women Open Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Open Women
Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Alba Alonso Frey (Spain)
Seychelle Webster (USA)
Kyriaki LOGOTHETI (Greece)
Juliette DuHaime (Argentina)
Junior Men Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Junior Men
Andreas KIOUSIS VOULGARIS (Greece)
Matei BARBU (Romania)
Zeno Szabo (Hungary)
Tatsuma Nishikawa (Japan)
Ruben CANTORAL QUIRANT (Spain)
Junior Women Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Junior Women
Claudia Postiglione (Italy)
Alexia Soto (Spain)
Hanna Kaminska (Poland)
Csillag Kocsis (Hungary)
Amelia Moral (Spain)
Men 40+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Men 40+
Manuel Lauble (Germany)
Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
Ivan SHIRSHOV (AIN)
Hermann Husslein (Thailand)
Tomas Lelovitz (Slovakia)
Women 40+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Women 40+
Anastasiia Ganina (AIN)
Giannisa Vecco (Peru)
Olga Merkulova (AIN)
Sujeong Lim (Japan)
Petronella Van Malsen (The Netherlands)
Men 50+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Men 50+
Peter Weidert (Germany)
Chris Stringer (Canada)
Tomas Varnas (Lithuania)
Gabor Szabo (Hungary)
Gennadii Sekisov (AIN)
Women 50+ Sprint Winners | Photo by Damiano Benedetto
Mariecarmen Rivera burst onto the scene with incredible power and hasnât let go since. Her focus and explosiveness demand attention every time she steps on the start line. A triple gold performance (Sprint, Technical, and Distance) at the ICF World SUP Championships stunned the community, backed up immediately at the ISA World SUP Championships with Sprint […]
With six world titles collected across the ISA World Championships in El Salvador and the ICF World Championships in Abu Dhabi, NSP enters 2026 with one clear message: purposeful evolution works! Not reinvention. Not marketing hype. Just athlete-driven refinement, tested under the pressure of real racing, and validated on podiums around the world. Across both World […]
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Based in Volos, Greece, NSP athlete Penny Tsaoutou is one of the most accomplished paddlers in the Womenâs 50+ category. A former ski racer and coach, she discovered stand-up paddling in 2018 and quickly turned her passion into international success. Since her first appearance at the ICF World Championships in 2019, she has collected an outstanding twelve […]
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Four hundred and seven athletes are now registered for the 2025 ICF SUP World Championships, set to take place in Abu Dhabi from October 29 to November 2. The stage is set for a very competitive edition, bringing together returning world champions and rising stars. After last yearâs thrilling showdown in Sarasota, Florida, USA, all […]