Herminio Menéndez Rodríguez[a] (born December 20, 1953) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two silvers (1976: K-4 1000 m, 1980: K-2 500 m) and one bronze (1980: K-2 1000 m).
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Spain | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1976 Montreal | K-4 1000 m | |
1980 Moscow | K-2 500 m | |
1980 Moscow | K-2 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
1975 Belgrade | K-4 1000 m | |
1978 Belgrade | K-4 500 m | |
1975 Belgrade | K-1 4 x 500 m | |
1977 Sofia | K-4 500 m | |
1977 Sofia | K-4 1000 m | |
1978 Belgrade | K-4 1000 m | |
1979 Duisburg | K-2 10000 m | |
1982 Belgrade | K-2 1000 m |
Menéndez also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1975), a silver (K-4 500 m: 1978), and six bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1975. K-2 1000 m: 1982, K-2 10000 m: 1979, K-4 500 m: 1977, K-4 1000 m: 1977, 1978).
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
References
edit- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Herminio Menéndez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009.
External links
edit- Herminio Menéndez at Olympedia (archive)
- Herminio Menendez Rodriguez at Olympics.com
- Herminio Menéndez Rodríguez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive)