Juan José Román Mangas (born December 23, 1962) is a Spanish

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m:

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), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1991), and a bronze (K-2 500 m:

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). Román also competed in four

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, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in

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. As of 2009, Román is President of the Royal Spanish Canoe Federation and organizing committee chair of the

2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on 9–13 September 2009 at Parc Olímpic del Segre in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 32nd edition. La Seu d'Urgell hosted the event ...

held in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

References

2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships August 2009 newsletter featuring Román.
- accessed 9 September 2009. * * * 1962 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Spain Spanish male canoeists Spanish referees and umpires ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub