USACK

USA Canoe/Kayak
Official website

Sport	Canoeing
Jurisdiction	United States
Abbreviation	USACK
Founded	1948 (1948)
Affiliation	ICF
Regional affiliation	PCF
Headquarters	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Chairman	Bob Lally
www.usack.org

USA Canoe/Kayak (USACK) is a non-profit membership organization based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,^[1]^[2]^[3] promoting canoe and kayak racing in the United States.

USA Canoe/Kayak is the national governing body for the Olympic sports of Canoe Sprint and Canoe Slalom, and an official member of the United States Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation.^[4]

Other paddling sports sanctioned by USACK include Marathon, Freestyle (Rodeo), Wildwater, Canoe Polo, Canoe Sailing, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Outrigger Canoe, Paracanoe, Stand Up Paddle Surfing (Stand Up Paddleboard), and Dragon Boat. The organization is endowed "to enable United States athletes to achieve sustained competitive excellence in Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American, and other international competition; and to promote and grow paddlesports in the United States."^[5]

History

Prior to 1987, USA Canoe/Kayak was part of the ACA - American Canoe Association.

References

External links

Official website

National members of the International Canoe Federation

Disciplines Marathon Slalom Sprint Paracanoe Whitewater Racing Canoe Polo Canoe Sailing Freestyle kayaking Surfski Dragon Boat

African Canoe Confederation	ALG ANG BDI BUR CIV CMR COD EGY ERI ETH GBS GEQ GHA KEN LBR MAR MAW MOZ NAM NGR RSA SEN SEY SOM STP SUD TOG TUN UGA ZAM

Asian Canoe Confederation	AFG BHU BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MGL MYA NEP PAK PLE PHI PRK QAT SIN SRI THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE

European Canoe Association	ALB AND ARM AUT BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISR ITA LAT LTU LUX MAL MKD MLD NED MNE NOR POL POR ROU RUS SER SLO SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR

Oceania Canoe Association	ASA AUS COK TAH GUM KIR NZL PLW PNG SAM TGA VAN

Pan American Canoe Federation	AHO ANT ARG ARU BOL BRA CAN CHI COL CRC CUB DOM ECU ESA GUA GUY HON IVB MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SUR TTO URU USA VEN VIN

Others	-

Events Slalom Worlds Canoe Sprint Worlds Olympics

Sports governing bodies of the United States (USA)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Soccer Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Union Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Other Sports	Australian rules football American Football Rugby League Snooker

United States Olympic Committee United States Paralympic Committee

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