Shower of medals for Spanish canoeing at the European Championships in Munich

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  • The Spanish team adds nine more medals, with Moreno and Sieiro proclaiming themselves champions in the 500-meter final and Antía Jacome, world runner-up in 2021, winning gold in C200

The closing day of the European Championships has given nine medals to Spain. On the podium of the Munich Olympic channel were Isabel Contreras in k1 1,000, Paco Cubelos and Iñigo Peña in k2 1,000, Jacome and María Corbera in C2 200, Antoni Segura and Sete Benavides in C2 200, Joan Antoni Moreno and Adrián Sieiro in C2 500, Antía Jacome in C1 200, Walter Bouzan in K1 5,000 meters and Eva Barrios in K1 5,000.

Antía Jacome, gold in C1 200

The world runner-up in 2021 has been proclaimed European champion in Munich with a career in progress that gave her the gold medal ahead of the Ukrainian Liudmyla Luzan and the Croatian Vanesa Tot. The paddler from Pontevedra set a time of 48.642 and beat Luzan by 629 thousandths. Tot crossed the line 847 thousandths after the new champion. Jacome thus hung his second medal this Sunday. She had previously won the silver along with María Corbera in C2.

Moreno and Sieiro, European champions of C2 500 in Munich

The C2 crewed by Joan Antoni Moreno from the Balearic Islands and Adrián Sieiro from Galicia won the gold medal this Sunday in the 500-meter final of the European Canoeing Championships in Munich, ahead of Poland and Germany. The Spanish couple dominated the test from the start and ended up winning with a time of 1:44.822. The silver medal went to the Polish couple formed by Wiktor Glazunow, who reached the finish line 677 thousandths later, and the bronze medal went to the Germans Sebastian Brendel and Tim Hecker, who did it in 688.

A perfect day for María Corbera

This Friday, the canoeist won the gold medal in the C1 500 sprint category at the European Canoeing Championships in Munich, where Spain also won silver for the K4 1000 team and bronze in the K2 1000. It is the second gold medal from Madrid after the one she achieved in Copenhagen 2021. Corbera, not only has hung the gold, but has also achieved the European record, with a time of 25:46.953.

Toni Segura and Sete Benavides, silver in C2 200 meters

The Spaniards Antoni Segura and Alfonso Benavides won the silver medal this Sunday in the C2 200m final of the European Canoeing Championships in Munich, 673 thousandths of the Poles Aleksander Kitewski and Arsen Sliwinski, winners with a time of 36.919. The Spanish boat held on to second place in the final meters against the progression of the Lithuanians Henrikas Zustautas and Vadim Korobov, who came just 3 thousandths behind the Spaniards.

Isabel Contreras bronze in K1 1,000 meters

The Spanish Isabel Contreras has achieved in Munich the bronze medal in the final of K1 1,000 meters of the European canoeing by the margin of 7 hundredths over the Croatian Anamaría Govorcinovic, in a final dominated by the Hungarian Noemi Pupp, champion with a time of 4:00.276. The Ceuta canoeist, who was nineteenth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, reached the podium position from the middle of the route and, although she was very pressured by the Croatian in the last section, she was able to keep third place at 1,143 of the winner.

Cubelos and Peña, silver in K2 1,000 meters

The Spanish K2 crewed by Francisco Cubelos and Iñigo Peña won the silver medal this Sunday in the 1,000-meter final of the European Canoeing Championships in Munich, behind the Germans Martin Hiller and Tamas Grossmann, winners with a time of 3.13.812. Cubelos and Peña were in podium positions throughout the route, in the wake of the winners, who occupied the lead from the start and always remained in the lead. The difference between the gold and silver medals was 693 thousandths.

Antia Jacome and María Corbera, silver in C2 200 meters

The Spanish Antia Jacome and María Corbera won the silver medal this Sunday in the C2 200 meters final of the European Canoeing Championships in Munich, at only 52 thousandths of the Hungarian vessel manned by Giada Bragato and Bianka Nagy, winners with a time of 44.066. The Spanish started a little behind in the Olympic channel in Munich, but they progressed until they reached second place at the finish line, followed by the Germans Lisa Jahn and Sophie Koch, third with 44.879).

Walter Bouzan, silver in K1 5,000

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The Asturian Walter Bouzan, 44, has won the silver medal in the final of K1 5,000 meters of the European canoeing in Munich, three seconds behind the Portuguese Fernando Pimenta, champion with a time of 20:14.447. Winner of six World Cup medals in the marathon modality and another four in Europe, the paddler from Ribadesella, who has also won the Sella descent ten times, returned to the continental podium.

Eva Barrios, bronze in the k1 5000

In the 5000 meters, there was also a podium in the women’s discipline. The Spanish canoeist achieved third place in a very even race, adding her fourth medal in a European. With a time of 22.55.775, she has been one tenth of the second classified.



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