Ana Sátila

Ana Sátila Vieira Vargas (born 13 March 1996) is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.

Career She began sport training at the age of 4 and qualified for the Olympics at the age of 15.

In 2015, Sátila won two medals at the Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She won gold in the C1 event and silver in the K1 event. She would successfully defend her C1 titles at the 2019 Lima and 2023 Santiago editions, while also earning a gold medal at the kayak cross. At the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London she finished 9th in the C1 event and 13th in the K1 event, after being eliminated in the semifinal.

Satila participated in 4 Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sátila was the youngest female competitor in canoe slalom. She competed in the K1 event, finishing 16th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She finished in 17th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in both women's events. She finished 13th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinal, and at the canoe, where she was number 3 in the world ranking, Ana Sátila became the first Brazilian woman to reach an Olympic final in canoe slalom. In the final of the C1 event, she finished in tenth and last place after getting a time of 164.71 on her run. She first incurred a 2 second penalty at gate 7, and then missed gate 22, which meant another 50 seconds of penalties. Her time would have been enough for 4th place without the 50 second penalty.

Sátila reached the finals in both individual canoe slalom events in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, getting close to medaling in both, with a fourth place in the K1 event and fifth in the C1 event. In the kayak cross, Sátila reached the semifinal, being surpassed by Angèle Hug after a collision in the last gate to end out of the qualifying zone, eventually finishing eighth overall following the B final.

Sátila won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (Kayak cross: 2018), a silver (Kayak cross: 2017) and three bronzes (C1: 2017, 2025, Kayak cross individual: 2025).

World Cup individual podiums Total C1 2 2 4 8 K1 0 2 1 3 Kayak cross 2 3 2 7 Total 4 7 7 18

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2015 20 June 2015 Prague 3rd C1 2016 3 September 2016 Prague 3rd Kayak Cross 4 September 2016 Prague 2nd K1 2018 24 June 2018 Liptovský Mikuláš 2nd Kayak cross 1 July 2018 Kraków 3rd C1 8 July 2018 Augsburg 3rd C1 8 July 2018 Augsburg 1st Kayak cross 30 September 2018 Rio de Janeiro 1st Kayak cross1 2019 23 June 2019 Bratislava 3rd C1 7 September 2019 Prague 2nd K1 2020 18 October 2020 Tacen 1st C1 8 November 2020 Pau 1st C1 2021 5 September 2021 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd Kayak cross 12 September 2021 Pau 2nd Kayak cross 2023 4 June 2023 Augsburg 2nd Kayak cross 2024 31 May 2024 Augsburg 3rd K1 15 June 2024 Kraków 2nd C1 2025 6 September 2025 Augsburg 2nd C1

1 World Championship counting for World Cup points

Personal life

Ana Sátila is the elder sister of Omira Estácia Neta, another Brazilian canoeist. She is engaged to rower Lucas Verthein.