28/06/2026
O nosso Tiago Maciel !!!
Diário da Canoagem
Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem
Câmara Municipal de Viana do Castelo
Junta De Freguesia De Darque
Sérgio Maciel
Elio Kayaks
Junta de Freguesia de Darque
Intermarché Mazarefes
Rodolfo Coelho
Viana Desporto
Associação de Reformados de Darque
Freguesia Da Vila Darque
🇵🇹 Tiago Maciel achieved Portugal's best-ever result in the men's canoe events
🛶 Men's Canoe
✅ Summary
🇵🇹 Portugal
🛶 2026 Paddle Europe Sprint, Paracanoe and Masters European Championships
🇵🇹 Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
📅 11–14 June 2026
➡️ The 2026 Paddle Europe Sprint, Paracanoe and Masters European Championships, held in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, from 11 to 14 June, were marked by a series of historic achievements, records, and the end of several long-standing competitive droughts.
🇵🇹 In the Olympic Men's C1 1000m event, where Portugal had never previously reached a semifinal at a European Championships, Tiago Maciel delivered the country's best-ever performance. His 6th place in the semifinal surpassed Portugal's previous best result, set by José Lima de Sousa in 2013.
🇵🇹 Maciel also established a new Portuguese best time in the event, clocking 3:58.350. He improved on the previous national best marks of 4:53.405, recorded in Montemor-o-Velho in 2013, and 4:18.085, achieved by Nuno Barros in the second heat at Trasona on 30 June 2007.
