Emilio Merchán

Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Emilio Merchán

Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's canoe sprint
Canoe Sprint World Championships
	2009 Dartmouth	K-2 1000 m
Men's canoe marathon
Canoe Marathon World Championships
	2005 Perth	K-1 marathon
	2006 Tremolat	K-1 marathon
	2007 Győr	K-1 marathon
	2008 Týn nad Vltavou	K-1 marathon
	2009 Gaia	K-2 marathon
	2012 Rome	K-2 marathon
	2013 Copenhagen	K-2 marathon
	2014 Oklahoma City	K-2 marathon

Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

References

• Canoe09.ca profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emilio Merchán". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Article in La Opinion de Zamora newspaper