Sete Benavides

Sete Benavides
Benavides in 2013
Personal information
Born (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 35)
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.

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.

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. 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.

A year later, he won bronze in the C-1 200 m at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

He was named the Spanish Canoeing Federation's male athlete of the year in 2014.

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. 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.

In 2019, he won bronze in the men's C-2 500 m at the World Championships, with Antoni Segura.

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.