Michelle Russell
Abenaki · 2007 to 2026
National record holder · 4 events
- Starts
- 457
- Finals
- 160
- Wins
- 69
- Seasons
- 19
- Events
- 16
Personal bests
Fastest time in every event
Singles
K-1 200m→
3rd96.5%39.91
Heat 2 · 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Set in Women
8× national champion in K-1 200m
200715 seasons · best in 20192024K-1 500m→
2nd98.5%1:48.538
Semifinal A3 · 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Set in Women
13× national champion in K-1 500m
200917 seasons · best in 20232026K-1 1000m→
Gold100.0%3:55.575
Final · 2024 Canoe Kayak Canada National Sprint Championships
Set in Senior Women
6× national champion in K-1 1000m
20078 seasons2024K-1 5000m→
7th96.3%22:29.187
Final A · 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 Duisburg
Set in Women
20128 seasons · best in 20182023K-1 6000m→
Silver99.5%29:14.009
A-Final · 2007 Sprint Nationals
Set in Midget Women
K-1 Relay 800m→
7th96.1%02:54.635
Heat 1 · 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Set in Women
20132 seasons2014KL-1 200m→
6th76.8%0:41.096
2016 Sprint Nationals
Set in Femmes KL2 KL3
Crew boats
C-15 200m→
Silver98.5%0:43.682
Final · 2018 canadian sprint canoe kayak
Set in Mixed Junior Mixed
1× national champion in C-15 200m
20142 seasons2018C-15 500m→
Silver95.8%2:08.213
Final · 2012 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Junior Women
20093 seasons · best in 20122019K-2 200m→
5th98.1%0:41.110
Final · 2014 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Senior Women
20096 seasons · best in 20142022K-2 500m→
3rd99.0%1:42.255
Final B · 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 Duisburg
Set in Women
200911 seasons · best in 20192026K-2 1000m→
Silver98.7%3:54.249
Final A · 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup Racice
Set in Women
4× national champion in K-2 1000m
20085 seasons · best in 20142018K-4 200m→
4th95.9%0:00:36.435
Final A · 2016 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 Racice
Set in Women
20124 seasons · best in 20162019K-4 500m→
3rd95.7%1:32.52
Heat 1 · 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Set in Women
6× national champion in K-4 500m
200811 seasons · best in 20192026K-4 1000m
Gold3:37.479
Final · North American / Pan American Championships, 2008
Set in Junior Women
2× national champion in K-4 1000m
Book of Champions
20072 seasons2008
Book of Champions
28 national titles
- 5×
Shirley Horne Memorial Trophy
Senior Women K-1 1000m
2014 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022 · 2024
national recordmost ever (5)three-peat 2018–2022 - 5×
Tom Dienstmann Trophy
Senior Women K-1 500m
2014 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2024
national record3rd most all time, tiedback to back 2018–2019 - 4×
Karen Furneaux OLY Trophy
Senior Women K-1 200m
2014 · 2015 · 2018 · 2019
national recordmost ever (4)back to back 2014–2015 - 3×
Ruth DeForrest Trophy
Senior Women K-1 500m · North American / Pan American Championships
2018 · 2022 · 2024
3rd most all time, tied - 2×
Juvenile Women K-1 200m
2009 · 2010
2nd most all time, tiedback to back 2009–2010 - 2×
William J. Crocker Memorial Trophy
Juvenile Women K-1 500m
2009 · 2010
back to back 2009–2010
19 more events
- 1×
Women K-1 500m
Pan American Games
2023
- 1×
Junior Mixed C-15 200m
2014
- 1×
Junior Women K-2 1000m
2012
- 1×
Junior Women K-1 200m
North American / Pan American Championships
2010
- 1×
Juvenile Women K-4 500m
Canada Games
2009
- 1×
Juvenile Women K-2 1000m
Canada Games
2009
- 1×
Junior Women K-4 1000m
North American / Pan American Championships
2008
- 1×
U16 Women K-2 1000m
2008
- 1×
Junior Women K-1 200m
2012
- 1×
Marjorie Homer-Dixon Trophy
Junior Women K-1 500m
2012
- 1×
Junior Women K-1 1000m
2012
- 1×
Junior Women K-1 500m
North American / Pan American Championships
2010
- 1×
Women K-4 500m
Pan American Games
2015
- 1×
Frank Clement Memorial Trophy
Junior Women K-4 500m
2012
national record - 1×
Midget Women K-2 1000m
2008
- 1×
Junior Women K-4 500m
North American / Pan American Championships
2008
- 1×
Mary Francis Memorial Trophy
Senior Women K-4 500m · North American / Pan American Championships
2018
- 1×
Rideau Canoe Club Trophy
Midget Women K-4 1000m
2007
- 1×
Frank Garner Trophy
Juvenile Women K-4 500m
2010
National records
National record
1:52.310
Senior Women K-1 500m
Set 2024
National record
3:55.575
Senior Women K-1 1000m
Set 2024
National record
0:40.280
Senior Women K-1 200m
Set 2019
National record
1:38.936
Junior Women K-4 500m
Set 2012
- 2019Senior Women K-1 1000mNational record until 20244:01.105
- 2014Junior Mixed C-15 200mNational record until 20150:44.015
- 2008U16 Women K-2 1000mNational record until 20263:58.328
- Gold
- 28
- Silver
- 24
- Bronze
- 12
- 2026Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:39.14Silver
- 2026Senior Women K-2 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA1:49.04Bronze
- 2024Senior Women K-1 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADA1:49.16Gold
- 2024Senior Women K-1 1000mAbenaki A.C.3:55.575Gold
- 2024Senior Women K-1 500mAbenaki A.C.1:52.310Gold
- 2023Women K-1 500mPan American Games · CANADA1:51.25Gold
- 2022Senior Women K-1 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADA1:57.9Gold
- 2022Senior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:27.008Gold
- 2022Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:40.999Silver
- 2022Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:52.794Silver
- 2022Senior Women K-1 1000mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADA3:58.5Silver
- 2021Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:56.081Gold
72 more, back to 2005
- 2019Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:40.280Gold
- 2019Senior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:01.105Gold
- 2019Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:54.552Gold
- 2019Junior Women C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.2:06.422Silver
- 2018Senior Women K-1 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADA1:56.783Gold
- 2018Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:53.238Gold
- 2018Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:35.470Gold
- 2018Senior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:27.119Gold
- 2018Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:45.279Gold
- 2018Junior Mixed C-15 200mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.0:43.432Silver
- 2018Senior Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:56.138Bronze
- 2016Senior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:35.561Silver
- 2016Junior Women C-4 500mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.2:15.569Silver
- 2016Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:42.255Silver
- 2016Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.2:03.773Bronze
- 2015Women K-4 500mPan American Games · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:36.495Gold
- 2015Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:41.990Gold
- 2015Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:52.994Silver
- 2015Women K-1 200mPan American Games · CANADA0:42.946Silver
- 2015Women K-1 500mPan American Games · CANADA2:00.656Silver
- 2015Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:46.518Bronze
- 2015Senior Mixed C-15 200mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.0:40.113Bronze
- 2014Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:44.653Gold
- 2014Senior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:03.711Gold
- 2014Junior Mixed C-15 200mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.0:44.015Gold
- 2014Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:56.256Gold
- 2014Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:49.126Silver
- 2014Open Women K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.0:39.305Bronze
- 2012Junior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.1:38.936Gold
- 2012Junior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:43.648Gold
- 2012Junior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:57.260Gold
- 2012Junior Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:59.161Gold
- 2012Junior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:37.298Gold
- 2012Open Women K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.0:37.775Silver
- 2012Junior Women C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.2:07.621Silver
- 2012Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.1:47.811Bronze
- 2011Open Women K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.0:38.848Silver
- 2011Senior Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:45.032Silver
- 2011Senior Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:57.535Silver
- 2011Senior Women K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.0:38.915Silver
- 2011Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:50.570Silver
- 2010Juvenile Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.1:59.722Gold
- 2010Junior Women K-1 200mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADAGold
- 2010Juvenile Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:46.088Gold
- 2010Juvenile Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.1:44.506Gold
- 2010Junior Women K-1 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADAGold
- 2010Juvenile Women C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.2:07.989Silver
- 2010Juvenile Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:13.673Silver
- 2010Juvenile Women K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.0:44.308Bronze
- 2010Junior Women K-2 200mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADABronze
- 2010Juvenile Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:52.956Bronze
- 2009Juvenile Women K-4 500mCanada Games · Crew of 4 · NOVA SCOTIA1:47.572Gold
- 2009Juvenile Women K-1 200mCheema A.C.0:46.309Gold
- 2009Juvenile Women K-1 500mCheema A.C.2:07.273Gold
- 2009Juvenile Women K-2 1000mCanada Games · Crew of 2 · NOVA SCOTIA4:43.476Gold
- 2009Juvenile Women K-1 1000mCanada Games · NOVA SCOTIA5:10.30Silver
- 2009Juvenile Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:36.851Silver
- 2009Juvenile Women K-1 2000mCanada Games · NOVA SCOTIA10:57.393Silver
- 2009Juvenile Women K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.0:43.762Bronze
- 2009Juvenile Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.4:06.047Bronze
- 2008U16 Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:58.328Gold
- 2008Junior Women K-4 1000mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA3:37.479Gold
- 2008Junior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:46.851Gold
- 2008Midget Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:58.328Gold
- 2008Midget Women K-1 6kCheema A.C.29:20.180Silver
- 2008Juvenile Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.1:50.543Silver
- 2008Midget Women K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:49.977Bronze
- 2007Midget Women K-4 1000mCrew of 4 · Cheema A.C.3:50.894Gold
- 2007Midget Women K-1 6kCheema A.C.29:05.014Silver
- 2007Midget Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:21.010Silver
- 2007Midget Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.4:00.349Bronze
- 2005Junior Women C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.2:10.820Silver
National team
- 2026Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK1 500Gold
- 2026Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK4 500Silver
- 2026Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK2 500Bronze
- 2025Senior Worlds, Milan, ItalyNamed to the team
- 2024Olympic Games, Paris, FranceK1 500 · 8th
- 2023Pan American Games, Santiago, ChileK1 500Gold
- 2023Senior Worlds, Duisburg, GermanyNamed to the team
- 2022Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK1 500Gold
- 2022Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK1 1000Silver
- 2022Senior Worlds, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaNamed to the team
- 2021Olympic Games, Tokyo, JapanNamed to the team
- 2021Senior Worlds, Copenhagen, DenmarkNamed to the team
- 2019Senior Worlds, Szeged, HungaryNamed to the team
- 2018Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK4 500Gold
- 2018Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK1 500Gold
- 2018Senior Worlds, Montemor-O-Velho, PortugalNamed to the team
- 2017Senior Worlds, Račice, Czech RepublicNamed to the team
- 2015Pan American Games, Welland, ON, CanadaK4 500Gold
- 2015Pan American Games, Welland, ON, CanadaK1 200Silver
- 2015Pan American Games, Welland, ON, CanadaK1 500Silver
- 2013U23 Worlds, Welland, ON, CanadaK1 200Gold
- 2013U23 Worlds, Welland, ON, CanadaK1 500Bronze
- 2010Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK1 500Gold
- 2010Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK1 200Gold
- 2010Pan American Championships, Mexico City, MexicoK2 200Bronze
- 2009Canada Games, Charlottetown, PeiK2 1000Gold
- 2009Canada Games, Charlottetown, PeiK4 500Gold
- 2009Canada Games, Charlottetown, PeiK1 1000Silver
- 2009Canada Games, Charlottetown, PeiK1 2kSilver
- 2008Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK4 1000Gold
- 2008Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK4 500Gold
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 500m
PB 1:48.538▲ 1.5 pts since age ~17182 starts · 17 seasons2011* fastest time in Semi 3, best place in A Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
2019* fastest time in Heat 1, best place in Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-1 200m
PB 39.91▲ 7.1 pts since age ~1585 starts · 15 seasonsK-2 500m
PB 1:42.255▲ 9.4 pts since age ~1756 starts · 11 seasonsK-4 500m
PB 1:32.52▼ 0.5 pts since age ~1744 starts · 10 seasonsK-1 1000m
PB 3:55.575▲ 3.2 pts since age ~1519 starts · 8 seasons2007* 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.
C-15 500m
PB 2:08.213▲ 4.4 pts since age ~1710 starts · 4 seasonsK-1 5000m
PB 22:29.187▼ 3.3 pts since age ~2010 starts · 8 seasonsK-2 200m
PB 0:41.110▲ 0.3 pts since age ~178 starts · 6 seasonsK-4 200m
PB 0:00:36.435▼ 7.9 pts since age ~208 starts · 4 seasonsK-2 1000m
PB 3:54.249▲ 1.5 pts since age ~176 starts · 4 seasonsK-4 1000m
PB 3:43.3594 starts · 2 seasons2007* 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.
C-15 200m
PB 0:43.682▲ 2.4 pts since age ~223 starts · 2 seasonsK-1 Relay 800m
PB 02:54.635▲ 0.3 pts since age ~213 starts · 2 seasons2013* 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.
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