Connor Taras
Cheema · 2004 to 2014
National record holder · 3 events
- Starts
- 153
- Finals
- 66
- Wins
- 13
- Seasons
- 11
- Events
- 13
Personal bests
Fastest time in every event
Singles
K-1 200m→
Gold100.0%0:36.102
Final · 2013 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Senior Men
3× national champion in K-1 200m
20067 seasons · best in 20132014K-1 500m→
Silver99.3%01:42.69
Final · Championnats Provinciaux 2009 - Midget et plus
Set in Open Men
20066 seasons · best in 20092014K-1 1000m→
Bronze97.3%3:38.506
Final · 2014 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Senior Men
3× national champion in K-1 1000m
20048 seasons2014K-1 6000m→
Gold100.0%26:43.753
A-Final · 2005 Sprint Nationals
Set in Midget Men
1× national champion in K-1 6000m
20042 seasons2005
Crew boats
C-15 200m→
Gold96.1%0:44.015
Final · 2014 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Mixed Junior Mixed
1× national champion in C-15 200m
C-15 1000m→
Silver98.3%3:51.660
Final · 2012 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Junior Men
1× national champion in C-15 1000m
20123 seasons · best in 20122015K-2 200m→
Gold100.0%0:33.436
Final · 2013 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Senior Men
4× national champion in K-2 200m
20057 seasons · best in 20132014K-2 500m→
3rd98.3%1:31.494
Heat 4 · 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior World Championships
Set in Junior Men
2× national champion in K-2 500m
20077 seasons · best in 20072014K-2 1000m→
2nd98.9%3:18.554
Heat 4 · 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior World Championships
Set in Junior Men
4× national champion in K-2 1000m
20048 seasons · best in 20072013K-4 200m→
Silver99.6%0:31.703
Final · 2012 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Open Men
2× national champion in K-4 200m
20094 seasons · best in 20122014K-4 500m→
3rd97.8%01:26.397
Semifinal 1 · 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior World Championships
Set in Junior Men
1× national champion in K-4 500m
K-4 1000m→
1st95.7%03:00.461
Final B · 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 Szeged
Set in Men
3× national champion in K-4 1000m
20058 seasons · best in 20102014
Book of Champions
21 national titles
- 2×
Junior Men K-1 200m
2009 · 2010
tied most ever (2)back to back 2009–2010 - 2×
Junior Men K-2 200m
North American / Pan American Championships
2005 · 2006
most ever (2)back to back 2005–2006 - 2×
Juvenile Men K-2 1000m
2006 · 2007
national recordback to back 2006–2007 - 2×
Scott Oldershaw Trophy
Senior Men K-2 200m
2012 · 2013
back to back 2012–2013 - 2×
C. Fred Johnston Trophy
Open Men K-4 200m
2009 · 2013
- 1×
Junior Mixed C-15 200m
2014
14 more events
- 1×
Judy Tutty Trophy
Junior Men K-2 500m
2008
- 1×
Junior Men K-2 1000m
North American / Pan American Championships
2005
- 1×
Midget Men K-1 6k
2005
- 1×
Gordon Potter Memorial Trophy
Junior Men K-1 1000m
2009
- 1×
Junior Men K-4 500m
North American / Pan American Championships
2005
- 1×
Midget Men K-2 1000m
2005
national record - 1×
Renn Crichlow Trophy
Midget Men K-1 1000m
2005
- 1×
Senior Men K-1 200m
2013
- 1×
Jean Fournel Memorial Trophy
Juvenile Men K-1 1000m
2007
- 1×
Richard Chapman Memorial Trophy
Junior Men K-4 1000m
2006
- 1×
Kenny Jewer Memorial Trophy
Juvenile Men K-2 500m
2007
- 1×
Midget Men K-4 1000m
2005
- 1×
David M. Smith Memorial Trophy
Juvenile Men K-4 1000m
2007
- 1×
Frank Amyot Memorial Trophy
Junior Men C-15 1000m
2015
National records
National record
1:34.708
U18 Men K-2 500m
Set 2007
National record
3:22.319
U18 Men K-2 1000m
Set 2006
National record
3:27.076
U16 Men K-2 1000m
Set 2005
Standing record, distance retired
3:07.875
Juvenile Men K-4 1000m
Set 2007
- 2014Junior Mixed C-15 200mNational record until 20150:44.015
- 2008Junior Men K-2 200mNational record until 20170:34.978
- 2006Junior Men K-4 1000mNational record until 20193:05.926
- Gold
- 21
- Silver
- 15
- Bronze
- 11
- 2017Senior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.3:49.693Silver
- 2016Senior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.3:47.452Silver
- 2015Junior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.3:55.579Gold
- 2015Senior Mixed C-15 200mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.0:40.113Bronze
- 2014Junior Mixed C-15 200mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.0:44.015Gold
- 2014Senior Men K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:37.494Silver
- 2014Open Men K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.0:32.445Bronze
- 2014Senior Men K-1 1000mCheema A.C.3:32.538Bronze
- 2013Senior Men K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.0:33.436Gold
- 2013Senior Men K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:36.102Gold
- 2013Open Men K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.0:32.698Gold
- 2013Senior Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:04.833Silver
43 more, back to 2003
- 2013Senior Men K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:39.949Bronze
- 2013Senior Men K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:40.669Bronze
- 2012Senior Men K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Banook C.C.0:35.664Gold
- 2012Open Men K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Banook C.C.0:31.592Silver
- 2012Junior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Banook C.C.3:50.933Silver
- 2011Men K-4 1000mPan American Games · Crew of 4 · CANADA3:01.061Silver
- 2010Junior Men K-1 200mBanook C.C.0:36.150Gold
- 2010Open Men K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Banook C.C.0:31.503Bronze
- 2009Open Men K-4 200mCrew of 4 · C.de C.K. Lac Beauport0:32.828Gold
- 2009Junior Men K-1 200mC.de C.K. Lac Beauport0:37.851Gold
- 2009Junior Men K-1 1000mC.de C.K. Lac Beauport4:00.468Gold
- 2009Senior Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · C.de C.K. Lac Beauport3:09.448Bronze
- 2008Junior Men K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Mic Mac A.A.C.1:33.695Gold
- 2008Junior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Mic Mac A.A.C.3:52.080Silver
- 2008Junior Men K-1 200mMic Mac A.A.C.0:36.856Silver
- 2008Junior Men K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Mic Mac A.A.C.3:24.747Silver
- 2008Junior Men K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Mic Mac A.A.C.0:34.978Silver
- 2008Senior Men K-2 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA1:32.773Bronze
- 2007Juvenile Men K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:34.708Gold
- 2007Juvenile Men K-1 1000mCheema A.C.3:49.381Gold
- 2007Juvenile Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:07.875Gold
- 2007Juvenile Men K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:34.098Gold
- 2007Juvenile Men K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.0:35.170Silver
- 2007Senior Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:02.820Bronze
- 2006Junior Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:05.926Gold
- 2006Juvenile Men K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:22.319Gold
- 2006Junior Men K-2 200mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA0:35.19Gold
- 2006Junior Men K-2 1000mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA3:32.50Silver
- 2006Juvenile Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:10.006Silver
- 2006Juvenile Men K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.0:35.039Silver
- 2006Junior Men K-1 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADA1:41.41Bronze
- 2006Juvenile Men K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:38.138Bronze
- 2005Midget Men K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:27.076Gold
- 2005Midget Men K-1 6kCheema A.C.26:43.753Gold
- 2005Junior Men K-2 200mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA0:37.634Gold
- 2005Midget Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:21.731Gold
- 2005Junior Men K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:30.091Gold
- 2005Midget Men K-1 1000mCheema A.C.3:57.986Gold
- 2005Junior Men K-2 1000mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA3:37.774Gold
- 2004Midget Men K-1 6kCheema A.C.28:23.018Silver
- 2004Midget Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:11.970Silver
- 2004Midget Men K-1 1000mCheema A.C.3:58.435Bronze
- 2003Midget Men K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:43.212Bronze
National team
- 2011Pan American Games, Guadalajara, MexicoK4 1000Silver
- 2011Pan American Games, Guadalajara, MexicoK1 200 · 6th
- 2010Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK4 1000 · 5th
- 2009International regatta, Gaia, PortugalNamed to the team
- 2008Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK2 500Bronze
- 2007Junior Worlds, Račice, Czech RepublicK2 500Silver
- 2006Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK2 200Gold
- 2006Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK2 1000Silver
- 2006Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK1 500Bronze
- 2006Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK2 500 · 4th
- 2005Pan American Championships, Lac Beauport, QC, CanadaK4 500Gold
- 2005Pan American Championships, Lac Beauport, QC, CanadaK2 200Gold
From the Book of Champions, kept by Frank Clement, E. Ralph Reilly, C. Fred Johnston, Liam Birch.
Season by season
How each event has moved
▸How to read these charts
The line is %GMT: the winner's time divided by this athlete's, so 100% is winning pace and higher is better. It is the only number that compares across years, venues and conditions; the raw time is printed on each point because that is the one a paddler recognises. A dashed segment skips seasons with no results, and the grey tick is that season's median. ▽ marks a time so far off this athlete's best it is almost always a garbled source time.
Under the line is the season's best placement, with its round: 4th in an A final beats 1st in a B final. "A·9" is an A final with nine boats.
Seasons are labelled by age on Dec 31 of that year, the way age classes count it. The birth year is estimated from the age classes raced, so an age marked ~ can be one year high for an athlete who always raced up.
K-1 1000m
PB 3:38.506▲ 7.1 pts since age ~1424 starts · 7 seasons2004* fastest time in Heat 3, best place in A-Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
2006* fastest time in Heat 2, best place in A-Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
+2 more seasons where the fastest time and the best placement came from different rounds.
K-1 200m
PB 0:36.102▲ 5.8 pts since age ~1619 starts · 6 seasons2006* fastest time in Heat 2, best place in A-Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
2007* fastest time in Heat 3, best place in A-Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
+1 more season where the fastest time and the best placement came from different rounds.
K-2 200m
PB 0:33.436▼ 3.9 pts since age ~1619 starts · 6 seasonsK-2 1000m
PB 3:18.554▲ 5.3 pts since age ~1418 starts · 7 seasons2013* fastest time in Heat 1, best place in A Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-2 500m
PB 1:31.494▼ 1.4 pts since age ~1717 starts · 7 seasonsK-1 500m
PB 01:42.69▲ 0.7 pts since age ~1714 starts · 6 seasons▽ 1 season sit against the axis floor and are left out of the line: a time that far off this athlete's own best here is nearly always a garbled source time, not a season.
2007* fastest time in Heat 1, best place in A-Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
2013* fastest time in Heat 1, best place in Final A. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-4 200m
PB 0:31.703▼ 2.1 pts since age ~1914 starts · 5 seasonsK-4 1000m
PB 03:00.461▼ 4.5 pts since age ~1614 starts · 6 seasonsC-15 1000m
PB 3:51.660▼ 2.8 pts since age ~224 starts · 2 seasonsK-1 6000m
PB 26:43.753▲ 0.5 pts since age ~142 starts · 2 seasonsIs this you?
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