Saúl Craviotto

Saúl Craviotto

Craviotto at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Saúl Craviotto Rivero
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1984-11-03) 3 November 1984 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain[1]
Education	Catholic University of Murcia[2]
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe racing
Club	Club Deportivo Basico Piragua Madrid[2]
Coached by	Miguel Garcia[2][4]
Medal record Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 200 m 2012 London K-1 200 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 200 m World Championships 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4×200 m 2010 Poznań K-1 4×200 m 2011 Szeged K-1 4×200 m 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m 2010 Poznań K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 200 m 2014 Moscow K-1 200 m Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin K-2 200 m 2013 Mersin K-1 200 m

Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish sprint canoer who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won four Olympic medals: a gold medal in the K-2 500 m with Carlos Pérez at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a silver medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, a gold medal in the K-2 200 m with Cristian Toro at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He served as the flag bearer for Spain at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.^[2]

Craviotto also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4×200 m: 2009, 2010, 2011), two silvers (K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010) and two bronzes (K-1 200m: 2013, 2014).^[2]

Craviotto took up kayaking at the age of seven, following his father, and competed together with him in K-2 events. He is married to Celia García and has a daughter Valentina. He proposed to his wife at the 2012 Olympics, at Piccadilly Circus, the day after winning an Olympic silver medal. He works as a police officer in Gijón.^[2]

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