Saúl Craviotto
![]() Craviotto at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Saúl Craviotto Rivero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lleida, Catalonia, Spain[1] | 3 November 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Catholic University of Murcia[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 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.[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
[edit]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
[edit]Television | ||||
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Year | Title | Channel | Role | Ref. |
2016 | Be The Best | Be Mad TV | Guest | [9] |
2017 | MasterChef Celebrity | La 1 | Contestant (Winner) | [10] |
Ultimate Beastmaster | Netflix | Host | [11] |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Saúl Craviotto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Saúl Craviotto". nbcolympics.com.
- ^ "Saúl Craviotto". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Saúl Craviotto". London 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Saúl Craviotto y Mireia Belmonte serán los abanderados españoles en Tokio inaugurando la fórmula mixta" [Saúl Craviotto and Mireia Belmonte will be Spain's inaugural mixed pair of flag bearers in Tokyo]. RTVE (in Spanish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Álvarez, Inés (22 November 2017). "Saúl Craviotto se cuelga 'el oro' de 'Masterchef celebrity 2'". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "El día de los famosos: Sarah Jessica Parker sorprende con su estilismo y Leonor vuelve a España". Crónica Global (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Saúl Craviotto: "Voy a por el oro en París 2024"". www.menzig.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Be The Best". Be Mad (in Spanish). Mediaset España. 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Montes, Silvia (18 May 2017). "Saúl Craviotto concursará en MasterChef Celebrity 2". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Tráiler de la segunda temporada de 'Ultimate Beastmaster', con Paula Vázquez y Saúl Craviotto". msn.com (in Spanish). Microsoft. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links
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- Saúl Craviotto at the International Canoe Federation
- Saúl Craviotto at Olympics.com
- Saúl Craviotto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Spanish people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Spanish male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for Spain
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
- Sportspeople from Lleida
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Spain
- European Games medalists in canoeing
- Spanish canoeist stubs