Juan_José_Román

Juan José Roman

Juan José Roman

Spanish canoeist

Juan José Román Mangas (born December 23, 1962) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1991), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1991), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1993).

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Román also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

As of 2009, Román is President of the Royal Spanish Canoe Federation and organizing committee chair of the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships held in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

References

  • 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships August 2009 newsletter featuring Román. - accessed 9 September 2009.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan José Roman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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