Samuel Hernanz Obrador (; born 15 April 1986) is a French-born Spanish
slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004 He represented France in his first international season.
Hernanz won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the
2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 40th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 24 to 29 September 2019 in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF). ...
in
La Seu d'Urgell
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. He also won one silver and two bronzes at the
European Championships
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.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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he competed in the
K1 event where he finished in 5th place.
His father
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...
represented France in canoe slalom.
World Cup individual podiums
References
External links
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Spanish male canoeists
1986 births
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Spain
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Spanish people of French descent
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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