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| Full name | Marcus Cooper Walz | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||
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October 3, 1994 Oxford, United Kingdom |
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| Residence | Majorca | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe racing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint canoe | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Reial Club Nàutic Portopetro | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcus Cooper Walz (born 3 October 1994) is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed internationally since the early 2010s. He won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Born in Oxford, United Kingdom to an English father and a German mother, the family established in Majorca when Walz was 3 month old.