José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino (born August 11, 1986) is a Mexican
sprint canoeist who has been competing since 2005.
His first successful international performance was in 2006, when he won the gold medal in C-1 1000 m and the silver medal in C-1 500 m at the
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Later the same year, at the
world championships, he surprisingly won the gold medal at C-1 1000 m, becoming the first Mexican to ever do this, 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
2007 Pan American Games
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Cristóbal competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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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
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, he competed in two events, the C-1 200 m and the C-1 1000 m, finishing in 20th and 10th positions, respectively.
References
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2007 Pan American Games profile*
1986 births
Living people
Mexican male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Olympic canoeists for Mexico
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games gold medalists in canoeing
Pan American Games bronze medalists in canoeing
Canoeists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in canoeing
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Mexican people of Purépecha descent
Sportspeople from Michoacán
21st-century Mexican sportsmen
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