Sete Benavides

Sete Benavides
Benavides in 2013
Personal information
Born (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991
Pollença, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSprint canoe
Events
C–1 200 m ,C-2 500 m
ClubClub Nautico de Pollenca
Medal record
Men's sprint canoe
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonC-1 200 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 SzegedC-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2013 DuisburgC-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2019 SzegedC-2 500 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 MinskC-1 200 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2012 ZagrebC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2014 BrandenburgC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichC-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 RačiceC-1 200 m

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 life

Benavides was born on 9 March 1991 in Pollença, Mallorca, Spain.[1]

Career

Benavides 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

  1. 1 2 "Alfonso Benavides". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Szeged". Sportline. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Men's C-1 200m Results". Sportline. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Alfonso Benavidez Lopes De Ayala". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 Summer Olympics, Canadian Singles, 200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Results". ICF - Planet Canoe. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  7. ↑ "Alfonso BENAVIDES". ICF - Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "2016 Summer Olympics, Canadian Singles, 200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "2019 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships Szeged | Digicorp Results". results.szeged2019.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
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