David Cal Figueroa (born 10 October 1982) is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won five medals with a gold (C-1 1000 m:

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) and four silvers (C-1 500 m: 2004,

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; C-1 1000 m: 2008 and

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; C-1 1000 m: 2012). With this latest medal in the London 2012 Olympic Games, he became the Spanish athlete with most Olympic medals of all time. Cal was a junior world championship bronze medallist in

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in 1999 (C-1 1000 m). The following year he became European C-1 500 m junior champion at

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, France in 2000. He also won the C-1 1000 m bronze medal. He was a reserve at the Sydney Olympics. At the 2002 European under-23 championships in

, Croatia, Cal won the C-1 500 m bronze medal. Cal has competed on the senior circuit since 2003, winning five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. This includes a gold (C-1 500 m:

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), two silvers (C-1 1000 m:

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), and a bronze (C-1 1000 m: 2007). Cal was born in Cangas do Morrazo, Ponteverda, Galicia. He is 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall and weighs 91 kg (200 lbs).

Olympic results

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London 2012 profile
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