Sete Benavides
Alfonso Benavides López de Ayala (born 9 March 1991), known as Sete Benavides, is a Spanish sprint canoeist who twice represented Spain at the Olympics and has won medals at Olympic, world and European levels. Early lifeBenavides was born on 9 March 1991 in Pollença, Mallorca, Spain.[1] CareerBenavides won his first medals in 2011. He took bronze in the C-1 200 m at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary and silver in the same category at the 2011 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] Benavides was selected to represent Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. He competed in the Men's C-1 200 metres.[4] He set the fastest time in round one as he advanced from his heat. He finished second in his semi-final as he advanced to the final. Initially, he was ranked fourth in the final in a time of 43.038 seconds. However, in 2019, he was awarded the bronze medal after Jevgenijus Šuklinas of Lithuania was stripped of the medal for a doping violation.[5] A year later, he won bronze in the C-1 200 m at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[6] He was named the Spanish Canoeing Federation's male athlete of the year in 2014.[7] Benavides was again selected to represent Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He competed in the Men's C-1 200 metres.[1] He won his heat to progress through round one. In the semi-finals, he set the fastest time as he advanced to the final. He finished again finished fourth in the final 0.021 seconds away from winning a medal.[8] In 2019, he won bronze in the men's C-2 500 m at the World Championships, with Antoni Segura.[9] References
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