José Ramón López (born 22 November 1950) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the

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. López also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m:

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), a silver (K-4 500 m:

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), and four bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1975, K-4 500 m:

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, K-4 1000 m: 1977, 1978).

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* * * 1950 births Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Spain Olympic silver medalists for Spain Spanish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-Olympic-medalist-stub