Noah Hegge

German canoeist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman canoeist
PlacesGermany
isCanoer
Gender
Male
Birth1999
Age26 years
The details

Biography

Noah Hegge (born 15 March 1999) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2016. Hegge competes in K1 and in Kayak cross. He lives and trains in Augsburg, home of the Eiskanal.

Hegge began paddling with Kanu Schwaben Augsburg in 2007, following his older brothers into the sport. In 2018 he finished his apprenticeship as a pastry chef, and was accepted into the Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr [de], allowing him to commit to his slalom career.

Hegge won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. He also won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 2022 European Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš.

He has won three medals in the K1 team event at the Junior and U23 World Championships, with a gold in 2017, a silver in 2016 (both junior), and a bronze in 2021 (U23). Hegge is also a two-time European Champion in K1 team, winning gold at both the 2020 U23 European Championships in Kraków and 2016 Junior European Championships in Solkan. He finished 11th in the overall World Cup standings in 2021. Hegge earned his best senior World Championship result of 6th at the 2021 event, where Germany fielded all three athletes in the final for the first time since 1995.

Results

Complete World Cup results

YearClassWC1WC2WC3WC4WC5PointsPosition
2019K1Lee Valley
 
Bratislava
 
Tacen
19
Markkleeberg
 
Prague
 
2659th
2021K1Prague
26
Markkleeberg
 
La Seu
10
Pau
6
14111th

Complete Championship results

YearLevelVenueEventResult
2016Junior World KrakówK1 team2nd
K117th
Junior European SolkanK1 team1st
K19th
2017Junior World BratislavaK1 team1st
K123rd
Junior European HohenlimburgK1 team3rd
K126th
2020U23 European KrakówK1 team1st
K15th
2021U23 World TacenK1 team3rd
K16th
Kayak cross25th
World BratislavaK1 team16th
K16th
Kayak cross44th
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