Canoeing is a paddle sport in which someone kneels or sits
facing forward in an open-decked canoe, and this person propels the
canoe with a paddle. In 1840 it began to be considered as a
sport.
CATEGORIES
The most important :
Calm water
Slalom
Marathon
Raftin
Sprint
Only calm water and slalom are olympic
SPRINT
The oldest discipline of ICF canoeing is for single, double and
four people sprint canoes and kayaks. The sprint takes places on a
straight course divided in lanes on calm water . The distances are
200 m , 500m and 1000 m
David Cal
David Cal Figueroa is a Spanish sprint canoer who has competed
since 1999. He has competed in 3 olympic games , he has won 5
medals (1 gold and 4 silvers)
