Herminio Menéndez
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1976 MontrealK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1980 MoscowK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1980 MoscowK-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 BelgradeK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1978 BelgradeK-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1975 BelgradeK-1 4 x 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1977 SofiaK-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1977 SofiaK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1978 BelgradeK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1979 DuisburgK-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place1982 BelgradeK-2 1000 m

Herminio Menéndez Rodríguez[lower-alpha 1] (born December 20, 1953) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two silvers (1976: K-4 1000 m, 1980: K-2 500 m) and one bronze (1980: K-2 1000 m).

Menéndez also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1975), a silver (K-4 500 m: 1978), and six bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1975. K-2 1000 m: 1982, K-2 10000 m: 1979, K-4 500 m: 1977, K-4 1000 m: 1977, 1978).

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

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