This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in canoeing from 1948 to 2012.
See also: List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (men), Canoeing and kayaking at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalistsFamous quotes containing the words olympic, champions and/or women:
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Always carry it in thy mind, and act upon it, as a sure maxim: “That women are timid:” And ‘tis well they are—else there would be no dealing with them.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)