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{{Short description|Canadian kayaker and politician (born 1982)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Adam van Koeverden
| image            = Adam Van Koeverden.jpg
| caption          = Van Koeverden in 2008
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}
| office              = [[Secretary of State (Canada)|Secretary of State]] ([[Minister of Sport and Physical Activity|Sport]])
| term_start          = May 13, 2025
| term_end            = 
| primeminister       = [[Mark Carney]]
| predecessor         = [[Terry Duguid]]
| successor           = 
| riding1          = [[Burlington North—Milton West]]<br /><small>[[Milton (federal electoral district)|Milton]] (2019–2025)</small>
| parliament1      = Canadian
| term_start1      = October 21, 2019
| term_end1        = 
| predecessor1     = [[Lisa Raitt]]
| successor1       = 
| birth_name       = Adam Joseph van Koeverden
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|01|29}}
| birth_place      = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| profession       = 
| alma_mater       = [[McMaster University]] ([[BSc]])
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| religion         = 
| residence        = [[Milton, Ontario]]
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| module           = {{Infobox sportsperson
| embed          = yes
| sport          = [[Kayaking]]
| event          = K-1 1000m, K-1 500m
| club           = [[Burloak Canoe Club]]
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| height         = 5 ft 11 in
| weight         = 190 lb
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[canoeing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Canoeing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2007 Duisburg]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships#men's kayak|2011 Szeged]]|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2003 Gainesville]]|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2005 Zagreb]]|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2007 Duisburg]]|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2005 Zagreb]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2009 Dartmouth]]|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2010 Poznań]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]]}}
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'''Adam Joseph van Koeverden''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born January 29, 1982) is a Canadian [[kayak racing|sprint kayaker]], Olympic gold medallist, and politician serving since 2025 as the [[Minister of Sport and Physical Activity|Secretary of State for Sport]] in Prime Minister [[30th Canadian Ministry|Mark Carney's Cabinet]]. A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], he has represented the electoral disitrct of [[Burlington North—Milton West|Burlington North-Milton West]] and its predecessor district of [[Milton (federal electoral district)|Milton]] in the House of Commons since 2019. 

He is an Olympic gold medallist in the K-1 500m category (2004)<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/adam-van-koeverden-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417232455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/adam-van-koeverden-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Adam van Koeverden}}</ref> and a two-time world champion in K-1 500 (2007) and K-1 1000 (2011), winning four Olympic and eight world championship medals. His home club is the [[Burloak Canoe Club]] in [[Oakville, Ontario]].

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Toronto]] to a Dutch father, Joe van Koeverden, and a Hungarian mother, Beata Bokrossy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Starkman |first=Randy |date=December 14, 2004 |title=Strokes of inspiration |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-strokes-of-inspiration/142009198/}} and {{cite news |title=Kayaker's goal simple: 'To keep improving' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-kayakers-goal-simple/142009819/ |work=[[Toronto Star]] |location=Toronto, Ontario |pages=E1–E10 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kernaghan |first=John |date=August 28, 2004 |title=Kayaking gave medallist a focus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-kayaking-gave-med/142010050/ |work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |location=Hamilton, Ontario |page=SP2 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dheensaw |first=Cleeve |date=August 8, 2008 |title=Kayaker van Koeverden leads Olympic team into stadium |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-kayaker-van-koeverden/142010393/}} and {{cite news |title=Canada fielding older athletes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-canada-fielding-older/142010645/ |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |location=Vancouver |pages=A1–A4 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Van Koeverden attended St. John Catholic Elementary School in Oakville, Ontario, graduating in 1996. He then proceeded to go to [[St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School]] also located in Oakville. He plays guitar.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

Van Koeverden is a graduate of [[McMaster University]]'s Bachelor of Science Kinesiology program in Hamilton, Ontario.  He graduated in June 2007 as [[valedictorian]] of his class.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=4734|title=Olympic athlete to give valedictory address|last=Bubak|first=Susan|date=June 4, 2007|work=McMaster Daily News|publisher=McMaster University|access-date=July 2, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185242/http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=4734|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>

== Athletic career ==
He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m at the 1999 world junior championships in [[Zagreb]], Croatia, and then became world junior marathon champion in 2000. His first success as a senior came with a silver medal at the [[2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2003 world championships]] in [[Gainesville, Georgia]], in the men's K-1 1000 m event. At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] Van Koeverden won two medals, including a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-1 1000 m. He was [[List of flag bearers for Canada at the Olympics|Canada's flag bearer]] at the closing ceremonies and was later awarded the [[Lou Marsh Trophy]] as Canada's top athlete of 2004.

In 2005, Van Koeverden won two medals at the [[2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in Zagreb: a silver in the K-1 1000 m and a bronze in the K-1 500 m. At the [[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in [[Szeged]], Hungary, Van Koeverden finished fourth in both the K-1 500 m and 1000 m finals. At the 2006 Canadian Sprint Canoe Championships in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], he won five gold medals (K-1 1000 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m, K-4 200 m, and [[War Canoe]]), and two silver medals (K-1 200 m and K-2 200 m).

Van Koeverden had great success on the World Cup circuit in 2007, going undefeated over both 500 m and 1000 m in three competitions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/van-koeverden-extends-kayak-streak-1.649784|title=Van Koeverden extends kayak streak|date=June 2, 2007|work=CBC Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>  At the [[2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in [[Duisburg]], Van Koeverden won the gold medal in the K-1 500 m and the silver medal in the K-1 1000 m.

Van Koeverden beat his own world record in the K-1 500 m at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]] with a time of 1:35.554.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/van-koeverden-advances-to-semis-in-record-time-1.694069 |title=Van Koeverden advances to semis in record time |access-date=August 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822171520/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/canoe-kayaking/story/2008/08/19/olympics-kayak-aug19.html |archive-date=August 22, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> He finished eighth place in the 1000m race, and finished with a silver medal in the K-1 500 m race. Originally, he had been listed as bronze medalist, until the scoreboard was corrected to indicate he had finished second. Van Koeverden had led most of the way from the start but was overtaken by the Australian winner [[Ken Wallace (canoeist)|Ken Wallace]] at the finish line, with British bronze medallist [[Tim Brabants]] ending in a photo finish with him.

In the leadup to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Van Koeverden was named [[2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers|flag bearer]] for the [[Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Canadian Olympic team]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony|opening ceremony]], making him one of the few athletes to carry Canada's flag twice at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/van-koeverden-named-canada-s-flag-bearer-1.716568|title=Van Koeverden named Canada's flag-bearer|date=July 23, 2008|work=CBC Olympics|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=July 23, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080819015926/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2008/07/23/flag-bearer.html| archive-date=August 19, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> To celebrate the success of the hometown hero, on October 17, 2008, Oakville Mayor [[Rob Burton]] and local councillors hosted a meet and greet session. A ceremonial street name unveiling to honour Van Koeverden preceded the event. Adam van Koeverden Street, which is currently known as Water Street, is located near his Oakville harbour home club, the Burloak Canoe Club.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 22, 2008 |title=Olympian at home on Water Street |url=https://www.thespec.com/life/olympian-at-home-on-water-street/article_e7e0c371-5362-5924-b339-ffce9d730300.html |url-status=live |work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |agency=[[Burlington Post]] |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412024945/https://www.thespec.com/life/olympian-at-home-on-water-street/article_e7e0c371-5362-5924-b339-ffce9d730300.html |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 11, 2024}}</ref>

At the [[2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2009 world championships]] in [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]], he won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event. The following year, he won another bronze, only this time it was in the K-1 500 m event. Continuing to build on these achievements at the world's, Van Koeverden went to the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2011 world championships]] competing in the K-1 1000&nbsp;m, where he finally won gold.<ref>{{cite news|title=Van Koeverden strikes gold at kayak worlds |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/van-koeverden-strikes-gold-at-kayak-worlds-1.993062 |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |date=August 19, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302131428/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/van-koeverden-strikes-gold-at-kayak-worlds-1.993062 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 }}</ref>

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] he won the silver medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|same event]], while Norwegian [[Eirik Verås Larsen]] won gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/08/canadian-adam-van-koeverden-wins-silver-medal-in-canoeing|title= Adam van Koeverden wins silver medal in kayaking|access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> At the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] he finished first in the B final, placing ninth overall.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/adam-van-koeverden/ | title=Adam van Koeverden | work=olympic.ca}}</ref>

In 2022, Van Koeverden was awarded the [[Order of Sport]], marking his induction into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada Sports Hall of Fame {{!}} Hall of Famers Search |url=http://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=715&catID=all&lang=EN |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.sportshall.ca}}</ref>

== Political career ==
On October 4, 2018, Van Koeverden announced he would be seeking the nomination of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the riding of [[Milton (federal electoral district)|Milton]] to be a candidate in the [[2019 Canadian federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/adam-van-koeverden-raitt-election-1.4850107|title=Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden enters politics looking to unseat Lisa Raitt in 2019 federal election {{!}} CBC News|last1=Oct 4|first1=The Canadian Press · Posted|last2=October 4|first2=2018 9:27 AM ET {{!}} Last Updated|website=CBC|language=en|access-date=December 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1047811276670418944|user=vankayak|title=After representing Canada for 20...|date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> Van Koeverden won the Liberal nomination on January 20, 2019, and won the Liberal seat in Milton on October 21, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4869394/adam-van-koeverden-liberals-milton/|title=Former Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden wins federal Liberal nomination in Milton|date=January 20, 2019|last=Stober|first=Eric|website=Global News|access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> defeating the incumbent, Conservative Party deputy leader [[Lisa Raitt]], taking over 51% of the vote to Raitt's 36%.

In the [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal election]], Van Koeverden received over 51% of the vote defeating challenger Nadeem Akbar who carried just over 33% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Elections|title=Election Night Results - Electoral Districts|url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e|access-date=2021-11-01|website=enr.elections.ca}}</ref>

In 2022, following the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Van Koeverden was one of the 313 Canadians banned from entering Russia because of his support for Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justin Trudeau among 313 Canadians banned from Russia - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8683818/justin-trudeau-313-other-canadians-banned-from-russia/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>

Van Koeverden served as the [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Environment and Climate Change]] and to the [[Minister of Sport and Physical Activity]] from 2023 to 2025.<ref name="occa">{{cite news |title=Members of Parliament > Adam van Koeverden |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/adam-van-koeverden(105242) |access-date=5 November 2023 |publisher=ourcommons.ca}}</ref>

During the [[2025 Canadian federal election]], Van Koeverden secured the Liberal Party nomination for the newly-formed riding of Burlington North-Milton West, and was elected as [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Burlington North—Milton West|Burlington North-Milton West]] winning over 50% of the vote.  He defeated Conservative candidate Nadeem Akbar by roughly 6000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2025 |title="April 28, 2025 General Election - Election Results" |url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?ed=2396 |access-date=May 14, 2025 |website=Elections Canada}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bron |first=Sebastian |date=2025-04-29 |title=Liberal incumbent Adam van Koeverden wins Burlington North—Milton West |url=https://www.thespec.com/politics/federal-elections/who-won-burlington-north-milton-west/article_b470d224-b2af-596d-bf28-7eef3d624d38.html |access-date=2025-05-14 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |language=en |issn=1189-9417}}</ref> Following the election, Van Koeverden was named Secretary of State for Sport, and will serve in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Carney.<ref>{{Cite news |title="4-time Olympic medallist Adam van Koeverden to oversee sport in PM Carney's new cabinet" |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/adam-van-koeverden-secretary-of-state-sport-mark-carney-cabinet-1.7533796 |access-date=May 14, 2025 |work=CBC}}</ref>

== Electoral record ==
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Burlington North—Milton West}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2021|change=yes|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Adam van Koeverden|28,503|51.5|-0.2}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Nadeem Akbar|18,313|33.1|-3.0}}
{{Canadian election result|CA|NDP|Muhammad Riaz Sahi|4,925|8.9|+2.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Shibli Haddad|2,365|4.3|+3.3}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Chris Kowalchuk|1,280|2.3|-2.3}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|55,386|99.4}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|325|0.6}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|55,711|62.6}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|88,998}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-0.2}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election |url=https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/lst&document=index&lang=e |website=[[Elections Canada]] |access-date=September 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e|title=Election Night Results - Electoral Districts|first=Elections|last=Canada|website=enr.elections.ca}}</ref>|}}
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{{2019 Canadian federal election/Milton}}

==See also==
* [[List of Canadian sports personalities]]

==References==
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* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=January 5, 2010 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf |date2=January 13, 2016}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=November 9, 2009 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf |date2=March 11, 2016}}

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=20129}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909175754/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/adamvankoeverden |title=Adam van Koeverden on Real Champions |date=September 9, 2007}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817212115/http://zap.norex.ca/bio/athlete/177/ |title=Canoe09.ca profile |date=August 17, 2009}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610153149/http://canoekayak.ca/english/athlete/show/36 |title=CanoeKayak Canada profile |date=June 10, 2011}}
* {{ICF}}
* {{COC profile}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Official website}}

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