Spanish sprinter kayaker
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Craviotto and the second or maternal family name is
Rivero .
Saúl Craviotto
Craviotto at the 2013 World Championships
Birth name Saúl Craviotto Rivero Nationality Spanish Born (1984-11-03 ) 3 November 1984 (age 40) Lleida , Catalonia , Spain [ 1] Education Catholic University of Murcia [ 2] Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[ 3] Weight 98 kg (216 lb) Country Spain Sport Sprint kayak Event(s) K-1 200 m, K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m Club Club Deportivo Basico Piragua Madrid[ 2] Coached by Miguel Garcia[ 2] [ 4]
Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish police officer and sprint kayaker who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won six Olympic medals: a gold medal (with Carlos Pérez ) in the K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , a silver medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , a gold medal (with Cristian Toro ) in the K-2 200 m event and a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , a silver medal (with Marcus Cooper , Carlos Arévalo and Rodrigo Germade ) in the K-4 500 m event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , and a bronze medal (with Carlos Arévalo , Marcus Cooper , and Rodrigo Germade ) in the K-4 500 m event at the 2024 Summer Olympics . 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.[ 2] [ 5]
Craviotto also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4 × 200 m : 2009 , 2010 , 2011 ), two silvers (K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010) and two bronzes (K-1 200m: 2013, 2014).[ 2]
Career
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 Gijón .[ 2]
In 2017, Craviotto participated in the reality television cooking show MasterChef Celebrity and won.[ 6]
In 2021, Craviotto became Hockerty 's first brand's ambassador and model.[ 7] [ 8]
TV career
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