José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino (born August 11, 1986 in Urandén, Michoacán) is a Mexican sprint canoeist who has been competing since 2005. His first successful international performance was in 2006, when he won the silver medal in C-1 500 m and the gold medal in C-1 1000 m at the

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. Later the same year, at the

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, he surprisingly won the gold medal at C-1 1000 m, becoming the first Mexican to ever do this, and defeating race favorite and olympic medallist Andreas Dittmer, who finished second. For such performance he received the ''Premio Nacional del Deporte'' (National Sports Award), which is awarded annually by the Mexican Sports Committee
''CONADE''
- in Spanish). In 2007, he won the gold medal both in C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m at the

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. Cristóbal competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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in three events ( C-1 1000 m, C-2 500 m, and C-2 1000 m), but was eliminated in the semifinal round in each event. His best finish was sixth in the C-1 1000 m semifinal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in two events, the C-1 200 m and the C-1 1000 m, finishing in 20th and 10th respectively.

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2007 Pan American Games profile
* 1986 births Canoeists at the 2007 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Mexican male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Mexico Sportspeople from Michoacán Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Mexican people of Purépecha descent Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Mexico-canoe-bio-stub