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Madawaska Kanu Centre
Barry's Bay, Ontario - Canada
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Claudia Kerckhoff-van Wijk and Family Welcome You to Madawaska Kanu Centre
Before kayaking became a recreational pastime and an Olympic sport, Claudia Kerckhoff-van Wijk pushed back barriers, both physical and mental, and helped to define excellence in sport, attitudes to nature and roles for women. Confronting the challenge of being female in a risky, relatively unknown, male-dominated activity, Claudia was Canadian Women’s Whitewater Kayaking Champion from 1974 to 1984 and bronze medallist at the 1982 World Championships.
She also brought her combination of athletic talent and courage, desire and dedication to cross-country skiing where she was the first woman and the youngest competitor to complete the grueling 100-mile Gold Couriers de Bois category in the Canadian Ski Marathon.
Claudia, along with her husband Dirk, now own and operate Madawaska Kanu Centre, North America’s first Kayak and Canoe school, and OWL Rafting on the Ottawa River, where she draws upon her own career as an athlete to help others confront the challenges and overcome the uncertainties that life and rivers can hold.
Mother of two girls, Katrina, 12 and Stefani, 10, they live in Ottawa, where both sports are an integral part of their family life.
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Claudia Kerckhoff-van Wijk
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