Sete Benavides
{{short description|Spanish canoeist}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sete Benavides
| image = 2013-09-01 Kanu Renn WM 2013 by Olaf Kosinsky-10.jpg
| caption = Benavides in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pollença, Spain
| height = 1.81 m
| weight = 84 kg
| country = Spain
| sport = Sprint canoe
| event = C–1 200 m ,C-2 500 m
| club = Club Nautico de Pollenca
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's sprint canoe}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}
{{MedalComp|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Szeged|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Duisburg|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Szeged|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalComp|European Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Minsk|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalComp|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Belgrade|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Zagreb|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Brandenburg|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Munich|C-2 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Račice|C-1 200 m}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|Benavides|López de Ayala|lang=Spanish}}
Alfonso “Sete” Benavides López de Ayala (born 9 March 1991 in) is a Spanish sprint canoeist, a World and European medallist.{{cite web |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/benavidez-lopes-de-ayala-alfonso-1114620/ |title= Alfonso Benavidez Lopes de Ayala |website= London2012.com |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130501162827/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/benavidez-lopes-de-ayala-alfonso-1114620/ |archivedate= 1 May 2013}}{{Cite web|title=Results|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/node/2865/results|access-date=2020-10-10|website=ICF - Planet Canoe|language=en}}
Career
After winning the bronze medal in the C-1 200 m at the 2011 World Championships,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Szeged {{!}} Sportline Results|url=http://results.sportline.hu/competition/16777217/race/528|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831163633/http://results.sportline.hu/competition/16777217/race/528|archive-date=31 August 2011|access-date=10 October 2020|website=}} Benavides competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's C-1 200 metres.{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/08f0afa8-8e74-4b43-bd00-a75ec987d16c |title= Alfonso Benavidez Lopes De Ayala |publisher= BBC Sport |accessdate= 13 September 2012}}[http://www.the-sports.org/canoeing-world-sprint-championships---u-23-presentation-medal-winners-c-1-200m-canoe-single-men-s20-c0-b0-g84-t4792-v1-l31.html World Sprint Championships U23 C1 200m] A year later, he won bronze in the C-1 200 m at the World Championships.
He was named the Spanish Canoeing Federation's male athlete of the year in 2014.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-04|title=Alfonso BENAVIDES|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/alfonso-benavides|access-date=2020-10-10|website=ICF - Planet Canoe|language=en}}
In 2019, he won bronze in the men's C-2 500 m at the World Championships, with Antoni Segura.{{Cite web|title=2019 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships Szeged {{!}} Digicorp Results|url=https://results.szeged2019.com/competition/1/races|access-date=2020-10-10|website=results.szeged2019.com}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ICF}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|alfonso-benavides-lopez-de-ayala}}
- {{Sports-reference}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benavides, Alfonso}}
Category:Spanish male canoeists
Category:Olympic canoeists for Spain
Category:Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Category:Sportspeople from Mallorca
Category:Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Category:Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
Category:European Games medalists in canoeing
Category:European Games bronze medalists for Spain
Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen
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