Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the

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in Dartmouth. Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at

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in 1996.

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in ''La Opinion de Zamora'' newspaper 1976 births Living people Spanish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Spain Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub