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Marcus Cooper Walz

Marcus Cooper
Walz (lane 5) in 2014
Personal information
Birth nameMarcus Cooper Walz
NationalityBritish (former)
Spanish (current)
Born (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 30)[1]
Oxford, England[1]
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSprint kayak
ClubReial Club Nàutic Portopetro

Marcus Cooper Walz (born 3 October 1994) is a sprint canoeist. Born in England, he has competed internationally for Spain since the early 2010s. He won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] He won the silver medal in the Men's K-4 500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Arévalo and Rodrigo Germade.

Born in Oxford to an English father and a German mother,[1] the family established in Mallorca when Cooper was 3 months old.[3] Walz became a Spanish national in 2015.[4] On 26 June 2024, the Spanish Olympic Committee selected Cooper, together with the Olympic boat driver Támara Echegoyen, as the flag bearers for París 2024.[5][6]

Cooper competed as Marcus Walz until 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "COOPER Marcus". Paris 2024 Olympics.
  2. ^ "Marcus Walz". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "De Oxford a Mallorca: Marcus Cooper Walz se hace con el oro en la modalidad K1 de 1000 metros". El Español. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ Mínguez, Jesús (16 August 2016). "Spain's Olympic hero Walz only became 'Spanish' one year ago". Diario AS. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Marcus Cooper y Támara Echegoyen serán los abanderados de España en París" (in Spanish). El País.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Clasificación y Plazas Olímpicas París 2024 *". CSD – Consejo Superior de Deportes (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Marcus Cooper". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Spain
París 2024
With: Támara Echegoyen
Succeeded by
Incumbent