Olympians and World Champions
Many of the country's top paddlers have come out of the Burloak Canoe Club. These include Larry Cain (Olympic gold and silver medalist in C-1, 1984), Mark Oldershaw (Junior World Championship gold medalist in C-1, 2001) and 2012 olympic bronze medalist and Adam van Koeverden (Olympic gold and bronze medalist in K-1, 2004; Olympic silver in K-1, 2008). In total, Burloak sent four paddlers to the Beijing Olympics (Brady Reardon, Mark Oldershaw, Adam van Koeverden and Chris Pellini). Oldershaw and Reardon are both from families that have sent previous generations of paddlers to the Olympics. Burloak has led the way in development women's canoeing (as distinct from kayaking), with notable paddlers Sheila Kuyper and Malorie Nicholson. Nicholson won gold in the world championship C2 500 meter event in both 2010 and 2011.
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