Juan José Roman
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1991 Paris | K-2 500 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1991 Paris | K-2 1000 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1993 Copenhagen | K-2 500 m |
Juan José Román Mangas (born December 23, 1962) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1991), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1991), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1993).
Román also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
As of 2009, Román is President of the Royal Spanish Canoe Federation and organizing committee chair of the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships held in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.
References
- 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships August 2009 newsletter featuring Román. - accessed 9 September 2009.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.