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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.[2][5]

Saúl Craviotto
Craviotto at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Birth nameSaúl Craviotto Rivero
NationalitySpanish
Born (1984-11-03) 3 November 1984 (age 38)
Lleida, Catalonia, Spain[1]
EducationCatholic University of Murcia[2]
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSprint kayak
Event(s)K-1 200 m, K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m
ClubClub Deportivo Basico Piragua Madrid[2]
Coached byMiguel Garcia[2][4]
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingK-2 500 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-2 200 m
2012 LondonK-1 200 m
2020 TokyoK-4 500 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-1 200 m
World Championships
2009 DartmouthK-1 4×200 m
2010 PoznańK-1 4×200 m
2011 SzegedK-1 4×200 m
2022 DartmouthK-4 500 m
2009 DartmouthK-2 200 m
2010 PoznańK-2 200 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 200 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-4 500 m
2019 SzegedK-4 500 m
2013 DuisburgK-1 200 m
2014 MoscowK-1 200 m
European Championships
2009 BrandenburgK-2 200 m
2018 BelgradeK-2 200 m
2018 BelgradeK-4 500 m
2008 MilanK-2 500 m
2010 TrasonaK-2 200 m
2010 TrasonaK-2 500 m
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinK-2 200 m
2013 MersinK-1 200 m
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Craviotto and the second or maternal family name is Rivero.

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]

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


Television
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


  1. 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.
  2. "Saúl Craviotto". nbcolympics.com.
  3. "Saúl Craviotto". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
  4. "Saúl Craviotto". London 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013.
  5. "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.
  6. 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.
  7. "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.
  8. "Saúl Craviotto: "Voy a por el oro en París 2024"". www.menzig.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  9. "Be The Best". Be Mad (in Spanish). Mediaset España. 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. Montes, Silvia (18 May 2017). "Saúl Craviotto concursará en MasterChef Celebrity 2". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  11. "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.


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Olympic Games
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На других языках

- [en] Saúl Craviotto

[fr] Saúl Craviotto

Saúl Craviotto (3 novembre 1984 à Lérida[1]) est un kayakiste espagnol pratiquant la course en ligne. Il est champion olympique en 2008 en kayak biplace 500 mètres et vice-champion olympique en 2012 en kayak monoplace 200 mètres. Il gagne une nouvelle médaille d'or en K2 200 mètres avec Cristian Toro aux Jeux olympiques de 2016 à Rio.

[it] Saúl Craviotto

Saúl Craviotto Rivero (Lérida, 3 novembre 1984) è un canoista spagnolo di origini italiane, vincitore della medaglia d'oro nel K2 500m ai Giochi olimpici di Pechino 2008 in coppia con Carlos Pérez Rial e nel K2 200m a quelli di Rio de Janeiro 2016 in coppia con Cristian Toro.

[ru] Кравиотто, Сауль

Сауль Кравиотто Риверо (исп. Saúl Craviotto Rivero; род. 3 ноября 1984[2], Льейда) — испанский гребец на байдарках, двукратный олимпийский чемпион в гребле на байдарках-двойках (2008 и 2016), многократный чемпион мира и Европы.


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