Marcus Walz

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Marcus Walz
Marcus Walz (lane 5)
Personal information
Full nameMarcus Cooper Walz
NationalityEnglish
Spanish
Born (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 29)
Oxford, England
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSprint kayak
ClubReial Club Nàutic Portopetro
Medal record
Men's sprint kayak
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Račice K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow K-1 500 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona K-2 500 m

Marcus Cooper Walz (born 3 October 1994) is an English-born Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed internationally since the early 2010s. He won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1] He won the silver medal in the Men's K-4 500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Arévalo and Rodrigo Germade.

Born in Oxford to an American father and an English/German mother, the family established in Mallorca when Walz was 3 months old.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marcus Walz". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "De Oxford a Mallorca: Marcus Cooper Walz se hace con el oro en la modalidad K1 de 1000 metros". El Español. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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