Juan Ignacio Cáceres (born 31 January 1992) is an Argentine

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who mostly competes in the four-man K-4 1000 m event. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and placed 12th at the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. He won the gold medal in the K-4 500m event at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

. Cáceres took up kayaking in 2003, and in 2012 was named Sportsperson of the Year in Las Flores, Argentina.

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