Riley Melanson
Senobe · 2015 to 2026
National record holder
- Starts
- 217
- Finals
- 80
- Wins
- 19
- Seasons
- 10
- Events
- 13
Personal bests
Fastest time in every event
Singles
K-1 200m→
Silver96.8%0:41.959
Final · 2024 Canoe Kayak Canada National Sprint Championships
Set in Junior Women
20184 seasons2024K-1 500m→
3rd98.5%1:50.16
Quarterfinal 4 · 2024 Olympic Games Paris
Set in Women
1× national champion in K-1 500m
20188 seasons · best in 20242026K-1 1000m→
Gold100.0%4:07.02
Final A · 2026 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships Montreal
Set in Senior Women
1× national champion in K-1 1000m
20193 seasons2026K-1 5000m→
13th93.4%24:24.08
Final A · 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and Under 23 World Championships
Set in U23 Women
Crew boats
C-15 200m→
9th91.1%0:47.190
Final · 2018 canadian sprint canoe kayak
Set in Mixed Junior Mixed
C-15 500m→
Silver95.8%2:09.598
Final · 2019 Nationals
Set in Junior Women
K-2 200m
Gold0:40.380
Final · Canadian Championships, 2017
Set in Junior Women
2× national champion in K-2 200m
Book of Champions
20166 seasons · best in 20172023K-2 500m→
Silver99.5%1:42.242
Final · 2023 Sprint National Team Trials
Set in Senior Women
20216 seasons · best in 20232026K-2 1000m→
Gold100.0%3:53.795
Final · 2023 Canadian Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in Junior Women
2× national champion in K-2 1000m
20163 seasons2023K-4 200m
Gold0:38.610
Final · Canadian Championships, 2017
Set in Open Women
1× national champion in K-4 200m
Book of Champions
20174 seasons · best in 20172023K-4 500m→
4th97.9%1:32.578
Semifinal 1 · 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Set in Women
20187 seasons · best in 20232026
Book of Champions
6 national titles
- 2×
Junior Women K-2 200m
2017 · 2023
most ever (2) - 1×
Junior Women K-2 1000m
2023
- 1×
Senior Women K-1 1000m
North American / Pan American Championships
2026
- 1×
Marjorie Homer-Dixon Trophy
Junior Women K-1 500m
2024
national record - 1×
Peter McCabe Memorial Trophy
Senior Women K-2 1000m
2023
- 1×
Jim McGown Memorial Trophy
Open Women K-4 200m
2017
National records
- Gold
- 6
- Silver
- 4
- Bronze
- 5
- 2026Senior Women K-1 1000mNorth American / Pan American Championships · CANADA4:07.02Gold
- 2026Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:39.14Silver
- 2024Junior Women K-1 500mSenobe A.C.1:53.481Gold
- 2024Junior Women K-1 200mSenobe A.C.0:40.603Silver
- 2023Senior Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Senobe A.C.4:19.149Gold
- 2023Junior Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Senobe A.C.3:53.795Gold
- 2023Junior Women K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Senobe A.C.0:44.528Gold
- 2023Women K-4 500mPan American Games · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:34.73Silver
- 2023Open Women K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Senobe A.C.0:40.873Bronze
- 2022Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:34.5Silver
- 2021Senior Women K-1 1000mCheema A.C.4:22.521Silver
- 2019Junior Women C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Cheema A.C.2:06.422Silver
7 more, back to 2015
- 2019Junior Women K-2 1000mCrew of 2 · Cheema A.C.3:58.524Bronze
- 2018Junior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Senobe A.C.1:51.927Silver
- 2018U19 Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Senobe A.C.1:45.266Bronze
- 2017Open Women K-4 200mCrew of 4 · Senobe A.C.0:38.610Gold
- 2017Junior Women K-2 200mCrew of 2 · Senobe A.C.0:40.380Gold
- 2016U17 Women K-1 200mBanook C.C.0:44.579Bronze
- 2015U16 Women K-1 200mBanook C.C.0:45.692Bronze
National team
- 2026Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK1 1000Gold
- 2026Pan American Championships, Montreal, QC, CanadaK4 500Silver
- 2025Senior Worlds, Milan, ItalyNamed to the team
- 2024Olympic Games, Paris, FranceNamed to the team
- 2023Pan American Games, Santiago, ChileK4 500Gold
- 2023Senior Worlds, Duisburg, GermanyNamed to the team
- 2022Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK4 500Silver
- 2022Senior Worlds, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaNamed to the team
- 2021Senior Worlds, Copenhagen, DenmarkNamed to the team
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 1:50.16▲ 4.2 pts since age ~2067 starts · 8 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.
K-4 500m
PB 1:32.578▲ 4.9 pts since age ~1945 starts · 9 seasonsK-2 500m
PB 1:42.242▼ 5.1 pts since age ~2234 starts · 6 seasonsK-1 200m
PB 0:41.959▲ 1.6 pts since age ~1918 starts · 4 seasons2018* fastest time in Heat 2, best place in Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-1 1000m
PB 4:07.02▲ 12.2 pts since age ~2011 starts · 4 seasonsK-2 200m
PB 41.972▲ 1.0 pts since age ~179 starts · 5 seasons2016* fastest time in Heat 1, best place in Semifinal 1. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
2021* fastest time in Heat 2, best place in Semifinal 1. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-2 1000m
PB 3:53.795▲ 9.2 pts since age ~177 starts · 3 seasons2016* fastest time in Heat 2, best place in Semifinal 1. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-4 200m
PB 0:39.377▲ 7.6 pts since age ~197 starts · 4 seasons2023* fastest time in Heat 2, best place in Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
C-15 200m
PB 0:47.1905 starts · 2 seasonsK-4 1500m
3 starts · 3 seasonsNo comparable times here, placements only.
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