Marcus Walz

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Marcus Walz
2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Race 120 - K1 M 500 - Semi - Final 2.jpg
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
Sport Sprint kayak
ClubReial Club Nàutic Portopetro
Medal record
Men's sprint kayak
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Račice K-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Milan K-2 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Račice K-4 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Moscow K-1 500 m
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 BelgradeK-2 500 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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]

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References

  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.