Javier Sanz Celma (born 20 December 1953) is a Spanish

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who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the

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. Sanz also competed in the K-4 10000 m event at the

1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico in neighboring Xochimilco. This marked the first time the championships took place outside Europe. , all championships have taken place either in Europe or North America ...

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his team ending up in fifth place.

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1953 births Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Spain Spanish male canoeists 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub