David Cal | |
Fullname: | David Cal Figueroa |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1982 |
Birth Place: | Cangas do Morrazo, Galicia, Spain |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 91 kg |
Country: | Spain |
Sport: | Canoe racing |
Event: | Sprint canoe |
Club: | C.M. Ría de Aldán |
Turnedpro: | 1999 |
David Cal Figueroa (born 10 October 1982) is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won five medals with a gold (C-1 1000 m: 2004 Summer Olympics) and four silvers (C-1 500 m: 2004, 2008; C-1 1000 m: 2008 and 2012; C-1 1000 m: 2012). With this latest medal in the London 2012 Olympic Games, he became the Spanish athlete with most Olympic medals of all time.
Cal was a junior world championship bronze medallist in Zagreb in 1999 (C-1 1000 m). The following year he became European C-1 500 m junior champion at Boulogne, France in 2000. He also won the C-1 1000 m bronze medal. He was a reserve at the Sydney Olympics. At the 2002 European under-23 championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Cal won the C-1 500 m bronze medal.
Cal has competed on the senior circuit since 2003, winning five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. This includes a gold (C-1 500 m: 2007), two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 2003, 2005, 2011), and a bronze (C-1 1000 m: 2007).
Cal was born in Cangas do Morrazo. He is 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall and weighs 91 kg (200 lbs).
Olympic Games | Discipline | Place | |
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2004 Athens | align=center style="background:gold;" | 1 | |
2004 Athens | align=center style="background:silver;" | 2 | |
2008 Beijing | align=center style="background:silver;" | 2 | |
2008 Beijing | align=center style="background:silver;" | 2 | |
2012 London | align=center style="background:silver;" | 2 | |