Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish

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er who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won five Olympic medals: a gold medal (with Carlos Pérez) in the K-2 500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, a silver medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, a gold medal (with Cristian Toro) in the K-2 200 m and a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, and a silver medal (with Marcus Walz,

Carlos Arévalo Carlos Arévalo (born 6 December 1993) is a Spanish sprint canoeist. He won the silver medal in the Men's K-4 500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京 ...

and Rodrigo Germade) in the K-4 500 m at the

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. He served as the flag bearer for Spain at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics and at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics. Craviotto also won seven medals at the

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with three golds (K-1 : 2009, 2010, 2011), two silvers (K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010) and two bronzes (K-1 200m: 2013, 2014). Craviotto took up kayaking at the age of seven, following his father, and competed together with him in K-2 events. He is married to Celia García and has a daughter Valentina. He proposed to his wife at the 2012 Olympics, at Piccadilly Circus, the day after winning an Olympic silver medal. He works as a police officer in

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. In 2017, Craviotto participated in the

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cooking show '' MasterChef Celebrity'' and won. In 2021, Craviotto became Hockerty's first brand's ambassador and model.

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* * * 1984 births Living people Spanish people of Italian descent Spanish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of 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 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak European Games competitors for Spain Canoeists at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Lleida Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Canoeists at the 2019 European Games {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub