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Birth name | Marcus Cooper Walz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British (former) Spanish (current) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Oxford, England [1] | 3 October 1994 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprint kayak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Reial Club Nàutic Portopetro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcus Cooper Walz (born 3 October 1994) is a sprint canoeist. Born in England, 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 English father and a German mother, [1] the family established in Mallorca when Cooper was 3 months old. [3] Walz became a Spanish national in 2015. [4] On 26 June 2024, the Spanish Olympic Committee selected Cooper, together with the Olympic boat driver Támara Echegoyen, as the flag bearers for París 2024. [5] [6]
Cooper competed as Marcus Walz until 2022. [7]
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