Maialen Chourraut

Chourraut at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi
Born	(1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 (age 41) Lasarte-Oria, Basque Country, Spain
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Club	Club Atlético San Sebastián
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K1 2020 Tokyo K1 2012 London K1 World Championships 2009 La Seu d'Urgell K1 2023 London K1 team 2011 Bratislava K1 European Championships 2015 Markkleeberg K1 2014 Vienna K1 team 2017 Tacen K1 team U23 European Championships 2004 Kraków K1

Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi (born 8 March 1983) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level representing Spain since 2000.

Chourraut has a full set of Olympic medals. She won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics^[1] in Rio de Janeiro. She went on to win a silver medal in the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Previously she won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She also competed in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the heats and finished in 16th place.^[2]

Chourraut won two individual medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2011. She also won a silver in the K1 team event in 2023. Chourraut won three medals at the European Championships (1 gold and 2 silvers).^[3]

The Spanish Olympic Committee, chose Chourraut and the Olympic canoer Marcus Cooper as the Spanish flag bearers at the París 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine. Chourraut turned it down as she was competing the next day in the K1 Slalom. The sailor Tamara Echegoyen was competing at her fourth Olympics and she was chosen to replace her as she had the next most outstanding record.^[4]

				Total
K1	8	5	3	16

• 13 September 2009 final results of the women's K1 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 13 September 2009.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maialen Chourraut.

• Maialen Chourraut at the International Canoe Federation
• Maialen Chourraut at Olympedia (archive)
• Maialen Chourraut at Olympics.com
• Maialen Chourraut at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive 1, archive 2)
• Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi at the Comité Olímpico Español (new page) (in Spanish)

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