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Agios Nikolaos on SUP: 2026 Paddle Europe Stand Up Paddling Championships & ICF SUP World CUP – Results

Agios Nikolaos on SUP concluded, bringing together two major SUP racing events in 2026: the ECA / Paddle Europe European SUP Championships (18–20 September), followed by the ICF World Cup (20–23 September).

Each stage produced its own results, with the two events sharing the Long Distance race and separate rankings for EU and Non-EU athletes.

The event was organised by the Hellenic Canoe, Kayak, SUP & Surf Federation, in partnership with Paddle Europe, the International Canoe Federation, the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos and the Region of Crete.

Paddle Europe European SUP Championships Results:

Day 1: Sprints

Men Open – Top 5

  1. Matei Barbu — Romania
  2. Vadim Korobov — Lithuania
  3. Manuel Hoyuela Rojas — Spain
  4. Christian Andersen — Denmark
  5. Donato Freens — Netherlands

Men Open Podium

Women Open – Top 5

  1. Cecilia Pampinella — Italy
  2. Hanna Kaminska — Poland
  3. Marta Apanasewicz — Poland
  4. Skadi Langbein — Germany
  5. Claudia Postiglione — Italy

Women Open Podium

Junior Men – Top 5

  1. Lourenço Viveiros — Portugal
  2. Manos Farsaris — Greece
  3. Marlon Cem Daskiran — Germany
  4. Benyam Bossack — Germany
  5. Gianluca Corriero — Italy

Junior Women – Top 5

  1. Ioanna Papadimitriou — Greece
  2. Lisa Venturelli — Italy
  3. Erasmia Malekaki — Greece
  4. Evdoxia Gialama — Greece
  5. Sveva Sabato — Italy

Junior Women Podium

Men 40+ – Top 5

  1. Martin Teichmann — Germany
  2. George Fragkos — Greece
  3. Emmanouil Sarantonis — Greece
  4. Dimitrios Karametos — Greece
  5. Stelios Moustakalis — Greece

Men 40+ Podium

Women 40+ – Top 5

  1. Claudia Luchetta — Italy
  2. Vira Lemekha — Italy
  3. Olga Merkulova — AIN
  4. Eirini Logkaki — Greece
  5. Louise Court — United Kingdom

Women 40+ Podium

Men 50+ – Top 5

  1. Gabriel Culea — Romania
  2. Daniele Cani — Italy
  3. Pablo Perez Vazquez — Spain
  4. Vassilis Kalampalikis — Greece
  5. Reza Nasiri — Italy

Men 50+ Podium

Women 50+ – Top 5

  1. Penny Tsaoutou — Greece
  2. Sara Maxey — United Kingdom
  3. Andrea Richardson — United Kingdom
  4. Anna Occhiogrosso — Italy
  5. Tetiana Derevska — Greece

Women 50+ Podium

Men U14 – Top 5

  1. Vasileios Skarakis — Greece
  2. Nikolaos Butsadakis — Greece
  3. Aristotelis Amonachakis — Greece
  4. Nikolas Skarakis — Greece
  5. Antonis Skarakis — Greece

Men U14 Podium

Women U14 – Top 5

  1. Dimitra Papadimitriou — Greece
  2. Chrysi-anna Konstantaki — Greece
  3. Yvoni Papakonstantinou — Greece
  4. Panagiota Botzaki — Greece
  5. Georgia Vogiatzi — Greece

Women U14 Podium

Paddle Europe European SUP Championships Results: 

Day 2: Technical Race

Women Tech Open – Top 5

  1. Cecilia Pampinella — Italy
  2. Marta Apanasewicz — Poland
  3. Claudia Postiglione — Italy
  4. Kyriaki Logotheti — Greece
  5. Skadi Langbein — Germany

Cecilia Pampinella (Italy) claims her 2nd European Championship Title in Tech Race

Men Tech Open – Top 5

  1. Christian Andersen — Denmark
  2. Donato Freens — Netherlands
  3. Manuel Hoyuela Rojas — Spain
  4. Mikolaj Majdan — Poland
  5. Phaedon Doukas — Greece

Christian Andersen (Denmark) defends his European SUP Championship Title in Tech Race

Women Junior – Top 5

  1. Sveva Sabato — Italy
  2. Lisa Venturelli — Italy
  3. Erasmia Malekaki — Greece
  4. Georgia Stamataki — Greece
  5. Theodora Katsavavaki — Greece

Men Junior – Top 5

  1. Lourenço Viveiros — Portugal
  2. Gianluca Corriero — Italy
  3. Manos Farsaris — Greece
  4. Matyas Soukup — Czechia
  5. Benyam Bossack — Germany

Second European Championship Title for Lourenço Viveiros (Portugal) – Sprints & Tech

Women 40+ – Top 5

  1. Claudia Luchetta — Italy
  2. Vira Lemekha — Italy
  3. Olga Merkulova — AIN
  4. Eirini Logkaki — Greece
  5. Louise Court — United Kingdom

Men 40+ – Top 5

  1. George Fragkos — Greece
  2. Rui Ramos — Portugal
  3. Alessandro Sapigni — Italy
  4. Martin Teichmann — Germany
  5. Alex Prapas — Greece

Women 50+ – Top 5

  1. Penny Tsaoutou — Greece
  2. Sara Maxey — United Kingdom
  3. Anna Occhiogrosso — Italy
  4. Andrea Richardson — United Kingdom
  5. Tetiana Derevska — Greece

Men 50+ – Top 5

  1. Gabriel Culea — Romania
  2. Daniele Cani — Italy
  3. Eleftherios Maroulakis — Greece
  4. Ioannis Tountas — Greece
  5. Pablo Perez Vazquez — Spain

Women U14 – Top 5

  1. Dimitra Papadimitriou — Greece
  2. Yvoni Papakonstantinou — Greece
  3. Zoi Angelaki — Greece
  4. Chrysi-Anna Konstantaki — Greece
  5. Zoe Dermitzaki — Greece

Men U14 – Top 5

  1. Vasileios Skarakis — Greece
  2. Nikolas Skarakis — Greece
  3. Gabriel Mototolea — Romania
  4. Michail-Angelos Koutoulakis — Greece
  5. Aristotelis Amonachakis — Greece

Day 2: Paddle Europe European SUP Championships – Technical Race Results & Team Standings:

Women Open

1. Team Greece; 2. Team Italy;  3. Team Poland

Men Open

1.Greece; 2. Denmark; 3. Poland

Junior Open Women

1.Team Italy; 2.Team Greece; 3.Team Portugal

Junior Open Men

1.Team Italy; 2.Team Greece; 3.Team Portugal

Day 3: Paddle Europe European SUP Championships + ICF World SUP Cup 14km Long Distance Race: 

Women Open – TOP 10

1. Cecilia Pampinella — Italy — 01:31:19.705
2. Claudia Postiglione — Italy — 01:33:27.637
3. Natalia Novitskaia — AIN — 01:33:41.914
4. Kyriaki Logotheti — Greece — 01:35:12.681
5. Csillag Kocsis — Hungary — 01:36:20.784
6. Athanasia Karaindrou — Greece — 01:43:05.017
7. Anastasiia Pomorina — AIN — 01:43:25.682
8. Eleni Giakoumaki — Greece — 01:45:22.032
9. Linda Syrovátková — Czechia — 01:47:41.799
10. Katerina Lantzanaki — Greece — 01:48:22.783

Long Distance Race: Matei Barbu (Romania) and Mikolaj Majdan

Men Open – TOP 10

1. Christian Andersen — Denmark — 01:18:52.773
2. Manuel Hoyuela Rojas — Spain — 01:19:51.815
3. Anastasios Tsouris — Greece — 01:19:59.724
4. Donato Freens — Netherlands — 01:20:06.030
5. Phaedon Doukas — Greece — 01:24:21.918
6. Mikolaj Majdan — Poland — 01:24:33.050
7. Paulo Freitas — Portugal — 01:25:35.396
8. Matei Barbu — Romania — 01:26:06.157
9. Nikos Varlas — Greece — 01:28:28.129
10. Pedro Araújo — Portugal — 01:32:18.194

Women Junior – TOP 10

1. Sveva Sabato — Italy — 01:37:02.412
2. Erasmia Malekaki — Greece — 01:38:12.613
3. Lisa Venturelli — Italy — 01:38:57.213
4. Theodora Katsavavaki — Greece — 01:39:43.086
5. Sofia Vomvolaki — Greece — 01:39:58.674
6. Marina Ergazaki — Greece — 01:41:37.793
7. Georgia-Nefeli Vardava — Greece — 01:41:58.590
8. Georgia Stamataki — Greece — 01:42:11.524
9. Evdoxia Gialama — Greece — 01:42:35.209
10. Ioanna Papadimitriou — Greece — 01:42:44.580

Benyam Bossack – Winner of the LD Junior Division

Men Junior – TOP 10

1. Benyam Bossack — Germany — 01:23:35.578
2. Gianluca Corriero — Italy — 01:24:55.737
3. Matteo Pernisco — Italy — 01:26:18.772
4. Lourenço Viveiros — Portugal — 01:27:14.004
5. Serse Sabato — Italy — 01:27:22.508
6. Vasilis Geralexis — Greece — 01:29:53.201
7. Nuredin Resul — Romania — 01:30:06.265
8. Gabriel Milhazes — Portugal — 01:30:47.466
9. Alessandro Scarcia — Italy — 01:31:13.883
10. Marlon Cem Daskiran — Germany — 01:31:17.793

Women 40+

1. Claudia Luchetta — Italy — 01:41:14.612
2. Vira Lemekha — Italy — 01:42:46.552
3. Michala Hendrichova — Czechia — 01:50:48.849
4. Louise Court — United Kingdom — 01:51:20.143
5. Eirini Logkaki — Greece — 01:59:08.554

Men 40+ – TOP 10

1. Fragkos George — Greece — 01:27:59.002
2. Alex Prapas — Greece — 01:31:05.461
3. Rui Ramos — Portugal — 01:32:05.684
4. Martin Teichmann — Germany — 01:33:51.291
5. Dan Miller — United States — 01:37:53.367
6. Alessandro Sapigni — Italy — 01:43:40.212
7. Dimitrios Karametos — Greece — 01:44:25.281
8. Nikolaos Papadakis — Greece — 01:46:22.012
9. Spyros Sintichakis — Greece — 01:48:06.322
10. Emmanouil Sarantonis — Greece — 01:51:16.392

Women 50+

1. Penny Tsaoutou — Greece — 01:44:05.767
2. Anna Occhiogrosso — Italy — 01:47:39.484
3. Sara Maxey — United Kingdom — 01:57:11.410

Men 50+ – TOP 10

1. Reza Nasiri — Italy — 01:36:51.128
2. Daniele Cani — Italy — 01:42:11.830
3. Ioannis Koutoulakis — Greece — 01:49:17.101
4. Ioannis Tountas — Greece — 01:50:09.120
5. Arnd Dünzinger — Germany — 01:51:36.719
6. Eleftherios Maroulakis — Greece — 01:52:35.536
7. Pablo Perez Vazquez — Spain — 01:57:09.204
8. Nikos Markakis — Greece — 02:00:03.761
9. John Sekas — United States — 02:02:57.830
10. Demetris Theocharous — Cyprus — 02:18:29.827

Women U14

1. Dimitra Papadimitriou — Greece — 00:18:37.155
2. Panagiota Botzaki — Greece — 00:18:58.325
3. Yvoni Papakonstantinou — Greece — 00:19:20.577
4. Chrysi-Anna Konstantaki — Greece — 00:20:42.183
5. Themida Sfakiotaki — Greece — 00:22:07.399
6. Dimitra Koukiadaki — Greece — 00:22:09.153
7. Zoi Angelaki — Greece — 00:22:55.871

Men U14

1. Vasileios Skarakis — Greece — 00:15:53.084
2. Nikolas Skarakis — Greece — 00:16:19.689
3. Gabriel Mototolea — Romania — 00:16:22.271
4. Nikolaos Butsadakis — Greece — 00:16:54.269
5. Casian Diaconu — Romania — 00:17:04.816
6. Aristotelis Amonachakis — Greece — 00:17:22.011
7. George Kavasis — Greece — 00:17:29.009
8. Antonis Skarakis — Greece — 00:17:34.976
9. Manolis Papadokonstantakis — Greece — 00:17:44.031
10. Loukas Magkafas — Cyprus — 00:17:52.674

Day 4: ICF World SUP Cup Sprint Race Results: 

Men Open – TOP 5

  1. Matei Barbu — Romania — 22.470
  2. Sergio Cantoral Quirant — Spain — 22.790
  3. Manuel Hoyuela Rojas — Spain — 22.900
  4. Donato Freens — Netherlands — 23.320
  5. Christian Andersen — Denmark — 23.410

Women Open – TOP 5

  1. Cecilia Pampinella — Italy — 00:00:26.960
  2. Hanna Kaminska — Poland — 00:00:27.020
  3. Marta Apanasewicz — Poland — 00:00:27.910
  4. Natalia Novitskaia — AIN — 00:00:28.740
  5. Skadi Langbein — Germany — 00:00:29.140

Men Junior – TOP 5

  1. Gabriel Milhazes — Portugal — 00:00:24.220
  2. Nuredin Resul — Romania — 00:00:24.640
  3. Manos Kokolakis — Greece — 00:00:25.830
  4. Konstantinos Pistiolas — Greece — 00:00:25.840
  5. Athanasios Georgiadis — Greece — 00:00:26.600

Women Junior – TOP 5

  1. Ioanna Papadimitriou — Greece — 00:00:28.840
  2. Barbara Cunha — Portugal — 00:00:30.340
  3. Evdoxia Gialama — Greece — 00:00:30.970
  4. Georgia Stamataki — Greece — 00:00:31.620
  5. Georgia-Nefeli Vardava — Greece — 00:00:32.420

Men 40+ – TOP 5

  1. Rui Ramos — Portugal — 00:00:28.120
  2. Simone Tugnoli Peron — Italy — 00:00:29.900
  3. Emmanouil Sarantonis — Greece — 00:00:30.470
  4. Spyros Sintichakis — Greece — 00:00:33.220
  5. Stelios Moustakalis — Greece — 00:00:33.490

Women 40+

  1. Olga Merkulova — AIN — 00:00:34.280
  2. Vira Lemekha — Italy — 00:00:35.300
  3. Eirini Logkaki — Greece — 00:00:35.830
  4. Louise Court — United Kingdom — 00:00:36.230

Men 50+ – TOP 5

  1. Gabriel Culea — Romania — 00:00:27.970
  2. Reza Nasiri — Italy — 00:00:29.100
  3. Daniele Cani — Italy — 00:00:30.030
  4. Eran Kanias — Israel — 00:00:30.600
  5. Ioannis Tountas — Greece — 00:00:32.720

Women 50+

  1. Penny Tsaoutou — Greece — 00:00:35.977
  2. Bathen Karter Dekel — Israel — 00:00:37.518
  3. Sara Maxey — United Kingdom — 00:00:38.484
  4. Andrea Richardson — United Kingdom — 00:00:41.024
  5. Olga Livaditi — Greece — 00:00:45.062

Day 5: ICF World SUP Cup Technical Race Results: 

Tech Race – Men Open Podium

Men Open – TOP 5

  1. Christian Andersen — Denmark
  2. Anastasios Tsouris — Greece
  3. Sergio Cantoral Quirant — Spain
  4. Manuel Hoyuela Rojas — Spain
  5. Donato Freens — Netherlands

Women Open Tech Race Podium

Women Open – TOP 5

  1. Kyriaki Logotheti — Greece
  2. Csillag Kocsis — Hungary
  3. Marta Apanasewicz — Poland
  4. Natalia Novitskaia — AIN
  5. Eleni Giakoumaki — Greece

Junior Men – TOP 5

  1. Nikos Farsaris — Greece
  2. Nuredin Resul — Romania
  3. Georgios Sfakiotakis — Greece
  4. Gabriel Milhazes — Portugal
  5. Jamal Mekkaoui — Italy

Junior Women – TOP 5

  1. Ioanna Papadimitriou — Greece
  2. Evdoxia Gialama — Greece
  3. Francisca Costa — Portugal
  4. Elpida Vogiatzí — Greece
  5. Theodora Katsavavaki — Greece

Men 40+ – TOP 5

  1. Alex Prapas — Greece
  2. Alessandro Sapigni — Italy
  3. Rui Ramos — Portugal
  4. Dan Miller — United States
  5. Simone Tugnoli Peron — Italy

Women 40+

  1. Louise Court — United Kingdom
  2. Eirini Logkaki — Greece
  3. Olga Merkulova — AIN

Reza Nasiri (Italy)

Men 50+ – TOP 5

  1. Reza Nasiri — Italy
  2. Daniele Cani — Italy
  3. Pablo Perez Vazquez — Spain
  4. Ioannis Tountas — Greece
  5. Gabriel Culea — Romania

Penny Tsaoutou (Greece)

Women 50+ – TOP 5

  1. Penny Tsaoutou — Greece
  2. Bathen Karter Dekel — Israel
  3. Sara Maxey — United Kingdom
  4. Andrea Richardson — United Kingdom
  5. Olga Livaditi — Greece

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*All event photos by Alex Macheras and AUGUST Studios 

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