Emilio Merchán
Introduction '''Emilio Merchán Alonso''' (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
References *  Canoe09.ca profile* *  Article in ''La Opinion de Zamora'' newspaper