Saúl Craviotto

Saúl Craviotto

Craviotto at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Saúl Craviotto Rivero
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1984-11-03) 3 November 1984 (age 32) Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Education	Catholic University of Murcia
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe racing
Club	Club Deportivo Basico Piragua Madrid
Coached by	Miguel Garcia
Medal record Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 200 m 2012 London K-1 200 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 200 m World Championships 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4×200 m 2010 Poznań K-1 4×200 m 2011 Szeged K-1 4×200 m 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m 2010 Poznań K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 200 m 2014 Moscow K-1 200 m Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin K-2 200 m 2013 Mersin K-1 200 m

Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish sprint canoer who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won four Olympic medals: a gold medal in the K-2 500 m with Carlos Pérez at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a silver medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, a gold medal in the K-2 200 m with Cristian Toro at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He served as the flag bearer for Spain at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.

Craviotto also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4×200 m: 2009, 2010, 2011), two silvers (K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010) and two bronzes (K-1 200m: 2013, 2014).

Craviotto took up kayaking at the age of seven, following his father, and competed together with him in K-2 events. He is married to Celia García and has a daughter Valentina. He proposed to his wife at the 2012 Olympics, at Piccadilly Circus, the day after winning an Olympic silver medal. He works as a police officer in Gijón.