Grant Underwood

Athlete and Coach

Grant is The Sharks own home grown international talent, having represented Great Britain in Wild Water Racing. He races in Senior age category.

Wild Water Racing

Ranked 25th in UK & 72nd in Europe Men’s K1 in 2024

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Recently returning to competitive canoeing he raced in the European Cup race at Nottingham, coming 17th, giving him 74 points from just one event and a European Ranking of 45th.

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He has previously raced at the European Wild Water Racing Championships in Skopje, (now North) Macedonia at senior level and at the World Under-23 Championships in Nantahala, North Carolina, USA.

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Slalom

Ranked 58th in National Division 2 Men’s K1 in 2024

Grant has recently returned to Slalom paddling and on his first season back after 5 years was ranked 58th in Men’s Division 2 K1. He has previously been in Division 1

Sprint

Ranked in Division C Men’s K1

Has raced at international regattas in Ghent,

Marathon

Ranked in Men’s Division 4 K1 in 2024

In 2025 he competed in Amsterdam Waterlands Marathon as well as domestic competitions.

As well as Paddling very fast, Grant also enjoys Open Water Swimming, Fencing, and cycling. He also is our Graphic’s guy, so if you need any graphics done please feel free to get in touch.

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Updated 24th January 2025