David Cal

Personal information

Full name

David Cal Figueroa

Nationality

Spanish

Born

October 10, 1982 (age 34)
Cangas do Morrazo, Galicia, Spain

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

91 kg (201 lb)

Sport

Country

Spain

Sport

Canoe racing

Event(s)

Sprint canoe

Club

C.M. Ría de Aldán

Turned pro

1999

Medal record

Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	C-1 1000 m
	2004 Athens	C-1 500 m
	2008 Beijing	C-1 500 m
	2008 Beijing	C-1 1000 m
	2012 London	C-1 1000 m
World Championships
	2007 Duisburg	C-1 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	C-1 1000 m
	2005 Zagreb	C-1 1000 m
	2011 Szeged	C-1 1000 m
	2007 Duisburg	C-1 1000 m

David Cal Figueroa (born October 10, 1982 in Cangas do Morrazo) 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 victory in the London 2012 Olympic Games, he became the Spanish athlete with more 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 is 183 cm (6'0") tall and weighs 91 kg (200 lbs).

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