The first medal in Brazilian Canoeing World Cup

Gustavo Selbach won the first World Cup medal for Brazil with bronze during the World Junior Slalom Championship in Norway. Sebach was on the national team for over 20 years. In that period, he won 19 national titles, he also won the gold medal at the World Master Games in Turin in Italy in 2013.

In his career he won several South American Championships titles from 1989 to 2013, he also won two bronzes in Pan American Championships: Wausau in the United States in 2003 and Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil in 2007.