2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on 9–13 September 2009 at Parc Olímpic del Segre in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation.

A demonstration event for women's single canoe (C1W) took place that was swept by Australia.

[1] 42 officials from 24 countries and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) were involved in the event judging.

[1] The opening ceremonies on 9 September had over 300 athletes from 55 countries, including Nepal and Uganda making their debuts at the championships.

[15] Televised coverage was also provided by UniversalSports.com and premiered on the Universal Sports broadcast channel in early October.

The Hochschorner twins each won two golds, so they were the big medal winners in this discipline at these championships.

France and Germany each won two medals with Tony Estanguet being the only non-Slovakian to win gold in this discipline.

Germany and Great Britain each won two medals at this discipline with Jasmin Schornberg of Germany and Lizzie Neave of Great Britain each winning a gold and a bronze being the top individual medal winners.