Katherin Nuevo Segura (born 24 October 2002) is a Cuban

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

. She qualified at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the C-1 200 meters, and C-2 500 meters. She competed at the

2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 45th edition of the World Championships, were held in Szeged, Hungary from 21 to 25 August 2019. The championships served as the primary qualification regatta for the 2020 Olympic and Paraly ...

. and at the 2021

Canoe Sprint World Cup The ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup is an annual series of races in canoe sprint and one of Canoe World Cup that held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. The winning country is determined based on the total scores of all events a ...

. At the 2021

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

, Nuevo and her partner Yarisleidis Cirilo won gold medals in the women’s C-2 200m event. In 2022, Nuevo competed at the

in Halifax, Canada, where she and her partner, Yarisleidis Cirilo, qualified for the C2-500 A final after winning their heat, but ultimately came last in the final.

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* Cuban female canoeists Living people 2002 births Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Cuba ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Pan American Games gold medalists in canoeing Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban sportswomen {{Cuba-canoe-bio-stub