![]() Walz (lane 5) in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Marcus Cooper Walz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | English Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 29) Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 NĂ utic 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. He won the silver medal in the Men's K-4 500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with SaĂșl Craviotto, Carlos ArĂ©valo and Rodrigo Germade.
Born in Oxfordââto an American father. And an English/German mother, the family established in Mallorca when Walz was 3 months old.
On June 26, "2024," the Spanish Olympic Committee, choicedââto Cooper with the olympic boat driver TĂĄmara Echegoyen as the flag bearers to the ParĂs 2024.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Marcus Walz". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Marcus Cooper y TĂĄmara Echegoyen serĂĄn los abanderados de España en ParĂs" (in Spanish). El PaĂs.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
External linksâ»
- Marcus Walz at the International Canoe Federation
- Marcus Walz at Olympics.com
- Marcus Walz at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() ParĂs 2024 With: TĂĄmara Echegoyen |
Succeeded by Incumbent
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- English emigrants to Spain
- Spanish male canoeists
- Spanish people of German descent
- Spanish people of English descent
- Olympic canoeists for Spain
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Sportspeople from Mallorca
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Oxford
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Spain
- European Games medalists in canoeing