José Ramón Ferrer Cruz (born September 23, 1968) is a Mexican sprint canoer. He competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Ferrer competed in two

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, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Career

Ferrer won a bronze medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the

1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico for the second time at neighboring Xochimilco. The Mexican city had hosted the event previously in 1974 at the same venue that hosted the canoeing and rowing competit ...

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. Ferrer reached the highest finish of any Mexican canoeist in the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

along with

Antonio Romero Antonio Romero may refer to: * Antonio Romero (canoeist) (born 1968), Mexican sprint canoer * Antonio Romero (footballer, born 1997), Venezuelan footballer * Antonio Romero (footballer, born 1995), Spanish footballer * E. Antonio Romero E. ...

finishing in 6th place and establishing himself as an icon of Mexican canoeing.

References

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1968 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Mexican male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Mexico ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Canoeists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-canoe-bio-stub