Juan Manuel Sánchez

Juan Manuel Sánchez de Castro (born 18 April 1965) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1991), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1991), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1993).

Juan Manuel Sánchez
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Spain
World Championships
1991 ParisK-2 500 m
1991 ParisK-2 1000 m
1993 CopenhagenK-2 500 m
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is de Castro.

Sánchez also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

References
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • 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. "Juan Manuel Sánchez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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