French-born Spanish slalom canoeist (born 1986)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Hernanz and the second or maternal family name is
Obrador .
Samuel Hernanz
Nationality Spanish Born (1986-04-15 ) 15 April 1986 (age 38) Tarbes , FranceHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 75 kg (165 lb) Country Spain Sport Canoe slalom Event K1 Club Atlético San Sebastian
Samuel Hernanz Obrador (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈmwel eɾˈnanθ oβɾaˈðoɾ] ; born 15 April 1986) is a French-born Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004[ 1] He represented France in his first international season.
Hernanz won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell . He also won one silver and two bronzes at the European Championships .[ 2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the K1 event [ 3] where he finished in 5th place.
His father Richard represented France in canoe slalom.[ 4]
World Cup individual podiums [ edit ]
1949 (folding): Switzerland (Werner Zimmermann , Jean Engler & Eduard Kunz ) 1951 (folding): Austria (Hans Frühwirth , Rudolf Pillwein & Othmar Eiterer ) 1953 (folding): Austria (Franz Grafetsberger , Hans Herbist & Rudolf Sausgruber ) 1955 (folding): West Germany (Manfred Vogt , Sigi Holzbauer & Alois Würfmannsdobler ) 1957 (folding): East Germany (Heinz Bielig , Eberhard Gläser & Reinhard Sens ) 1959 (folding): East Germany (Eberhard Gläser , Heinz Bielig & Günther Möbius ) 1961 (folding): East Germany (Horst Wängler , Eberhard Gläser & Roland Hahnebach ) 1963 (folding): East Germany (Eberhard Gläser , Rolf Luber & Fritz Lange ) 1965: West Germany (Manfred Vogt , Eugen Weimann & Horst Dieter Engelke ) 1967: East Germany (Jürgen Bremer , Christian Döring & Volkmar Fleischer ) 1969: France (Patrick Maccari , Claude Peschier & Alain Colombe ) 1971: Austria (Kurt Presslmayr , Norbert Sattler & Hans Schlecht ) 1973: East Germany (Wolfgang Büchner , Siegbert Horn & Christian Döring ) 1975: West Germany (Ulrich Peters , Dieter Förstl & Bernd Dichtl ) 1977: France (Jean-Yves Prigent , Bernard Renault & Christian Frossard ) 1979: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Albert Kerr & Allan Edge ) 1981: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Albert Kerr & Nicolas Wain ) 1983: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Paul McConkey & Jim Dolan ) 1985: West Germany (Peter Micheler , Toni Prijon & Jürgen Kübler ) 1987: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Melvyn Jones & Russell Smith ) 1989: Yugoslavia (Jernej Abramič , Marjan Štrukelj & Albin Čižman ) 1991: France (Manuel Brissaud , Gilles Clouzeau & Jean-Michel Regnier ) 1993: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Melvyn Jones & Shaun Pearce ) 1995: Germany (Jochen Lettmann , Thomas Becker & Oliver Fix ) 1997: Great Britain (Paul Ratcliffe , Ian Raspin , & Shaun Pearce ) 1999: Germany (Thomas Becker , Ralf Schaberg & Jakobus Stenglein ) 2002: Germany (Claus Suchanek , Thomas Becker & Thomas Schmidt ) 2003: Switzerland (Thomas Mosimann , Mathias Röthenmund & Michael Kurt ) 2005: France (Julien Billaut , Fabien Lefèvre & Benoît Peschier ) 2006: France (Fabien Lefèvre , Julien Billaut & Boris Neveu ) 2007: Germany (Fabian Dörfler , Alexander Grimm & Erik Pfannmöller ) 2009: Czech Republic (Ivan Pišvejc , Vavřinec Hradilek & Michal Buchtel ) 2010: Germany (Alexander Grimm , Fabian Dörfler & Hannes Aigner ) 2011: Germany (Sebastian Schubert , Hannes Aigner & Alexander Grimm ) 2013: Italy (Daniele Molmenti , Andrea Romeo & Giovanni De Gennaro ) 2014: France (Mathieu Biazizzo , Sébastien Combot & Boris Neveu ) 2015: Czech Republic (Jiří Prskavec , Vavřinec Hradilek & Ondřej Tunka ) 2017: Czech Republic (Jiří Prskavec , Ondřej Tunka & Vít Přindiš ) 2018: Great Britain (Joseph Clarke , Bradley Forbes-Cryans & Christopher Bowers ) 2019: Spain (David Llorente , Samuel Hernanz & Joan Crespo ) 2021: France (Boris Neveu , Mathieu Biazizzo & Benjamin Renia ) 2022: Germany (Hannes Aigner , Noah Hegge & Stefan Hengst ) 2023: Czech Republic (Jiří Prskavec , Vít Přindiš & Jakub Krejčí )