Marcus Walz

Spanish canoeist (born 1994)

Marcus Walz
Walz (lane 5) in 2014
Personal information
Birth nameMarcus Cooper Walz
Full nameMarcus Cooper Walz Walz[1]
NationalityBritish
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

Marcus Cooper Walz Walz (born 3 October 1994) is a sprint canoeist. Born in the United Kingdom, he has competed internationally for Spain 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.[2] 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 a British/German mother, the family established in Mallorca when Walz was 3 months old.[3]

On June 26, 2024, the Spanish Olympic Committee, choiced to Cooper with the olympic boat driver Támara Echegoyen as the flag bearers to the París 2024.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Clasificación y Plazas Olímpicas París 2024 *". CSD - Consejo Superior de Deportes (in European Spanish).
  2. ^ "Marcus Walz". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Marcus Cooper y Támara Echegoyen serán los abanderados de España en París" (in Spanish). El País.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

External links

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Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-1 1000 m
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Spain
París 2024
With: Támara Echegoyen
Succeeded by
Incumbent