David Cal

David Cal

Personal information
Full name	David Cal Figueroa
Nationality	Spanish
Born	Cangas do Morrazo, Galicia, Spain
Died
Height
Weight
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Canoe racing
EventTemplate:Pluralize from text	Sprint canoe
Club	C.M. Ría de Aldán
Turned pro	1999
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens C-1 1000 m Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens C-1 500 m Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing C-1 500 m Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing C-1 1000 m Silver medal – second place 2012 London C-1 1000 m World Championships Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg C-1 500 m Silver medal – second place 2003 Gainesville C-1 1000 m Silver medal – second place 2005 Zagreb C-1 1000 m Silver medal – second place 2011 Szeged C-1 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 2007 Duisburg C-1 1000 m

David Cal Figueroa (born 10 October 1982) is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won five medals with a gold (C-1 1000 m: 2004 Summer Olympics) and four silvers (C-1 500 m: 2004, 2008; C-1 1000 m: 2008 and 2012; C-1 1000 m: 2012). With this latest medal in the London 2012 Olympic Games, he became the Spanish athlete with most Olympic medals of all time.

Cal was a junior world championship bronze medallist in Zagreb in 1999 (C-1 1000 m). The following year he became European C-1 500 m junior champion at Boulogne, France in 2000. He also won the C-1 1000 m bronze medal. He was a reserve at the Sydney Olympics. At the 2002 European under-23 championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Cal won the C-1 500 m bronze medal.

Cal has competed on the senior circuit since 2003, winning five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. This includes a gold (C-1 500 m: 2007), two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 2003, 2005, 2011), and a bronze (C-1 1000 m: 2007).

Cal was born in Cangas do Morrazo, Ponteverda, Galicia. He is 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall and weighs 91 kg (200 lbs).

Olympic results File:Olympic rings.svg

Olympic Games	Discipline	Place
Template:Flagicon 2004 Athens	C-1 1000m	1
Template:Flagicon 2004 Athens	C-1 500m	2
Template:Flagicon 2008 Beijing	C-1 1000m	2
Template:Flagicon 2008 Beijing	C-1 500m	2
Template:Flagicon 2012 London	C-1 1000m	2

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (men)

References

• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Cal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22.

External links

• London 2012 profile