Name
Saúl Craviotto

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Born
1984 (40 years old)

Birth Place
Lleida, Spain

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Sprint canoeist

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192 cm

Weight
98 kg

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Spain Canoe Sprint

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Olympics Canoe Sprint

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Mens Kayak Single 200m Heat 1 04 Aug 21

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Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish sprint kayaker who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won five Olympic medals: a gold medal (with Carlos Pérez) in the K-2 500 m 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 and a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and a silver medal (with Marcus Walz, Carlos Arévalo and Rodrigo Germade) in the K-4 500 m at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 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.

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).

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.

In 2017, Craviotto participated in the reality television cooking show MasterChef Celebrity and won.



Career Honours

Canoe Sprint Olympics Bronze - K-4 500m
2024

Spain Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint Olympics Silver - K-4 500m
2020

Spain Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint Olympics Bronze - K-1 200m
2016

Spain Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint Olympics Gold - K-2 200m
2016

Spain Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint Olympics Silver - K-1 200m
2012

Spain Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint Olympics Gold - K-2 500m
2008

Spain Canoe Sprint


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