Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi (born 8 March 1983 in
Lasarte-Oria) is a Spanish
slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000.
Chourraut has a full set of Olympic medals. She won the gold medal in the
K1 event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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Rio de Janeiro
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. She went on to win a silver medal in the
K1 event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo
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. Previously she won a bronze medal in the
K1 event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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London
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. She also competed in the
K1 event at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Beijing
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, but was eliminated in the heats and finished in 16th place.
Chourraut won a silver medal in the K1 event at the
2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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La Seu d'Urgell. Two years later, she won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place from September 7–11, 2011 in Bratislava, Slovakia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 34th edition. Bad weather conditions on September 7 and 8 forced the organ ...
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Bratislava
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. She also won three medals at the
European Championships
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(1 gold and 2 silvers).
World Cup individual podiums
References
13 September 2009 final results of the women's K1 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.– accessed 13 September 2009.
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa
Spanish female canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Spain
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Spain
Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
People from Lasarte-Oria
Canoeists from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
21st-century Spanish women
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