Emilio Merchán

Emilio Merchán
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's canoe sprint
World Championhips
2009 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m
Men's canoe marathon
World Championships
2007 Győr K-1
2008 Týn nad Vltavou K-1
2009 Gaia K-2
2012 Rome K-2
2013 Copenhagen K-2
2005 Perth K-1
2006 Tremolat K-1
2014 Oklahoma City K-2

Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

References

  • Canoe09.ca profile
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emilio Merchán". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Article Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine in La Opinion de Zamora newspaper