Carlos Pérez (canoeist)

Carlos Pérez Rial, (born 12 April 1979 in Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra) nicknamed "Perucho", is a Spanish sprint canoer who has been competing since 1999. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008 along with Saul Craviotto.

Carlos Pérez

Carlos Pérez at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	2005 Zagreb	K-1 200 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 4 x 200 m
	2010 Poznań	K-1 4 x 200 m
	2011 Szeged	K-1 4 x 200 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-1 500 m
	2006 Szeged	K-1 200 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-2 200 m
	2010 Poznań	K-2 200 m
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	K-2 200 m
	2005 Almería	K-1 500 m

Pérez won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 200 m: 2005, K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, 2010) and four silvers (K-1 200 m: 2006, K-1 500 m: 2003, K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010).

Perucho is a member of the Piragüismo Aldán club. He is 182 cm (6'0") tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lb).

European Championship Medals

• Silver K-1 200 m 2006 Račice, Czech Republic 0:34.644
• Gold K-1 200 m 2005 Poznań, Poland 0:36.098
• Bronze K-1 500 m 2004 Poznań, Poland 1:41.974

References

• Canoe09.ca profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Pérez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.