Four women kaykers paddle their boatcanoephotography.com/Bence Vekassy (ICF)
canoephotography.com/Bence Vekassy (ICF)

Toshka Besharah

Biography

  • Debuted at the senior ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2022, reaching the A final as a member of the women’s K-4 500m crew
  • At the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, helped secure an Olympic spot for Canada in the women’s K-4 500m for Paris 2024; also placed fourth in the non-Olympic women’s K-1 200m event
  •  Won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint Junior World Championships: K-4 500m in 2019 and K-1 200m in 2021

A Little More About Toshka

Outside Interests: Studying biomedical science at the University of Ottawa… Would like to become a sports medicine doctor…  Odds and Ends: Collects keychains when she travels…

Notable International Results

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships: 2023 - 10th (K-4 500m), 4th (K-1 200m); 2022 – 9th (K-4 500m) ICF Canoe Sprint U23 World Championships: 2022 – 11th (K-2 500m), 9th (K-4 500m) ICF Canoe Sprint Junior World Championships: 2021 - BRONZE (K-1 200m), 5th (K-1 500m), 9th (K-4 500m); 2019 - BRONZE (K-4 500m), 14th (K-1 200m)