Emilio Merchán
{{short description|Spanish canoeist}}
{{MedalTableTop|medals=
{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|Canoe Sprint World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Dartmouth|K-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalSport|Men's canoe marathon}}
{{MedalCompetition|Canoe Marathon World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Perth|K-1 marathon}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Tremolat|K-1 marathon}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Győr|K-1 marathon}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Týn nad Vltavou|K-1 marathon}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Gaia|K-2 marathon}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Rome|K-2 marathon}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Copenhagen|K-2 marathon}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Oklahoma City|K-2 marathon}}
}}
Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.
Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326120532/http://zap.norex.ca/bio/athlete/839/ Canoe09.ca profile]
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/emilio-merchan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/emilio-merchan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Emilio Merchán}}
- [http://www.laopiniondezamora.es/deportes/2009/08/19/zamora-celebra-triunfo-------emilio-merchan/378353.html Article] in La Opinion de Zamora newspaper
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 1000 m Men}}
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Category:Spanish male canoeists
Category:Olympic canoeists for Spain
Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships
Category:20th-century Spanish people
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