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{{short description|Spanish canoeist}}
{{short description|Spanish canoeist (born 1994)}}
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| name = Marcus Walz
| name = Marcus Walz
| fullname = Marcus Cooper Walz Walz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csd.gob.es/es/alta-competicion/juegos-olimpicos-y-paralimpicos/clasificacion-y-plazas-olimpicas-paris-2024|title=Clasificación y Plazas Olímpicas París 2024 *|website=CSD – Consejo Superior de Deportes|lang=es-es}}</ref>
| fullname = Marcus Cooper Walz
| birth_name = Marcus Cooper Walz
| image = 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Race 120 - K1 M 500 - Semi - Final 2.jpg
| image = 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Race 120 - K1 M 500 - Semi - Final 2.jpg
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| caption = Marcus Walz (lane 5)
| caption = Walz (lane 5) in 2014
| nationality = English<br>Spanish
| nationality = British<br>Spanish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|3|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oxford]], England
| birth_place = [[Oxford]], England
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{{MedalSilver|[[2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2019 Szeged]]|[[2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres|K-4 500 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2019 Szeged]]|[[2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres|K-4 500 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2014 Moscow]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2014 Moscow]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2023 European Games|2023 Kraków-Małopolska]]|[[Canoe sprint at the 2023 European Games – Men's K-4 500 metres|K-4 500 m]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Canoe Sprint European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Canoe Sprint European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2017 Plovdiv]]|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2017 Plovdiv]]|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2018 Belgrade]]|K-4 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2018 Belgrade]]|K-4 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Belgrade|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Belgrade|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2018 Mediterranean Games|2018 Tarragona]]|[[Canoeing at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 m]]}}
}}
}}
'''Marcus Cooper Walz''' (born 3 October 1994) is an English-born Spanish [[Sprint kayak|sprint canoeist]] who has competed internationally since the early 2010s. He won the gold medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 metres event]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/marcus-walz |title=Marcus Walz |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=17 August 2016 |archive-date=26 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826214345/https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/marcus-walz |url-status=dead }}</ref> He won the silver medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 500 metres|Men's K-4 500 metres event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]] with [[Saúl Craviotto]], [[Carlos Arévalo]] and [[Rodrigo Germade]].
'''Marcus Cooper Walz Walz''' (born 3 October 1994) is a [[Sprint kayak|sprint canoeist]]. Born in the United Kingdom, he has competed internationally for Spain since the early 2010s. He won the gold medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 metres event]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/marcus-walz |title=Marcus Walz |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=17 August 2016 |archive-date=26 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826214345/https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/marcus-walz |url-status=dead }}</ref> He won the silver medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 500 metres|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 mother and a German father, the family established in [[Mallorca]] when Walz was 3 months old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/juegos-olimpicos/20160816/148235625_0.html |title=De Oxford a Mallorca: Marcus Cooper Walz se hace con el oro en la modalidad K1 de 1000 metros |publisher=El Español| accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref>
Born in [[Oxford]] to an American father and a British/German mother, the family established in [[Mallorca]] when Walz was 3 months old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/juegos-olimpicos/20160816/148235625_0.html |title=De Oxford a Mallorca: Marcus Cooper Walz se hace con el oro en la modalidad K1 de 1000 metros |date=16 August 2016 |publisher=El Español| accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref>

On 26 June 2024, the [[Spanish Olympic Committee]] selected Cooper, together with the Olympic [[Boat racing|boat driver]] [[Támara Echegoyen]], as the flag bearers for [[2024 Summer Olympics|París 2024]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/deportes/juegos-olimpicos/2024-06-26/marcus-cooper-y-tamara-echegoyen-seran-los-abanderados-de-espana-en-paris.html|title=Marcus Cooper y Támara Echegoyen serán los abanderados de España en París|publisher=El País.com|language=ES|date=26 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ICF}}
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*{{IOC profile}}
*{{Olympics.com profile|marcus-walz}}
*{{Olympedia}}
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| before = [[Saúl Craviotto]]<br />[[Mireia Belmonte]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Spain at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{ESP}}
| with = [[Támara Echegoyen]]
| years = [[2024 Summer Olympics|París 2024]]
| after = '''''Incumbent'''''
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Revision as of 04:45, 24 July 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Walz and the second or maternal family name is Walz.
Marcus Walz
Walz (lane 5) in 2014
Personal information
Birth nameMarcus Cooper Walz
Full nameMarcus Cooper Walz Walz[1]
NationalityBritish
Spanish
Born (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 29)
Oxford, England
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
LandSpanien
SportSprint kayak
ClubReial Club Nàutic Portopetro
Medal record
Men's sprint kayak
Representing  Spanien
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Račice K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow K-1 500 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona K-2 500 m

Marcus Cooper Walz Walz (born 3 October 1994) is a sprint canoeist. Born in the United Kingdom, 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 American father and a British/German mother, the family established in Mallorca when Walz was 3 months old.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Clasificación y Plazas Olímpicas París 2024 *". CSD – Consejo Superior de Deportes (in European Spanish).
  2. ^ "Marcus Walz". Rio 2016. 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. ^ "Marcus Cooper y Támara Echegoyen serán los abanderados de España en París" (in Spanish). El País.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Spanien
París 2024
With: Támara Echegoyen 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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