Everardo Cristóbal

Everardo Cristóbal
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
2006 Szeged C-1 1000 m

José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino (born August 11, 1986 in Urandén, Michoacán) is a Mexican sprint canoeist who has been competing since 2005.

His first successful international performance was in 2006, when he won the silver medal in C-1 500 m and the gold medal in C-1 1000 m at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.[1] Later the same year, at the world championships, he surprisingly won the gold medal at C-1 1000 m, becoming the first Mexican to ever do this, and defeating race favorite and olympic medallist Andreas Dittmer, who finished second.[2] For such performance he received the Premio Nacional del Deporte (National Sports Award), which is awarded annually by the Mexican Sports Committee (CONADE - in Spanish).[3] In 2007, he won the gold medal both in C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m at the 2007 Pan American Games.[4][5]

Cristóbal competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in three events (C-1 1000 m, C-2 500 m, and C-2 1000 m), but was eliminated in the semifinal round in each event. His best finish was sixth in the C-1 1000 m semifinal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in two events, the C-1 200 m and the C-1 1000 m, finishing in 20th and 10th respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Medal athletes on sport: canoeing". 20th Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  2. ↑ "WCh Seniors - Szeged 2006". International Canoe Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Canoísta Cristóbal Quirino cosecha oro en mundial". Federación Mexicana de Canotaje. 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  4. ↑ "C1 1000m Men Medallists". XV Pan American Games Rio 2007. 2007-07-27. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  5. ↑ "C1 500m Men Medallists". XV Pan American Games Rio 2007. 2007-07-28. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2007-07-28.


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