PENA Inigo

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 5000m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	2	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	2	3
2017	Racice, CZE	-	6	-
2015	Milan, ITA	8	-	6
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	-	9
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	-	8
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	-	16
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	-	11

European Games

Year	Location	K2 1000m
2019	Minsk, BLR	6

European Championships

Year	Location	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2018	Belgrade, SRB	3	-
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	3	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2021	1 x 10th	-
2020	1 x 3rd	-
2019	1 x 4th	-
2018	2 x 2nd	-
2017	2 x 1st, 1 x 6th	1 x 9th, 1 x 18th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	3:10.148
1	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:05.624
2	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:16.617
2	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:12.511
3	2020	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:21.80
4	2019	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:08.645
6	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:12.797
9	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:24.796
10	2021	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:18.12
18	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:30.031

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Fishing. (as.com, 01 Jan 2020)

Athlete

Law - Camilo Jose Cela University, Madrid, ESP

Basque, Spanish

Club Itxas-Gain Kiro [Zumaia, ESP]

Luis Brasero Merino [national], ESP

He took up the sport at age nine at a local club in Zumaia, Spain. (basqueteam.eus, 21 Nov 2015; eitb.eus, 21 Nov 2015)

He used to watch the paddlers training on the river Urola from the window in his room in Zumaia, Spain, and wanted to try the sport. (basqueteam.eus, 21 Nov 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (elpais.com, 25 Aug 2019)

Winning silver in the K2 1000m event at both the 2018 and 2019 world championships. (elpais.com, 25 Aug 2019)

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal and Spanish basketballer Pau Gasol. (as.com, 01 Jan 2020)

In 2019 he received the Silver Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit by the National Sports Council in Spain [CSD]. (rfep.es, 22 Nov 2019)

In 2018 he received the Five Stars prize as the best male athlete in Guipuzcoa, Spain. (diariovasco.com, 05 Mar 2019)

He was named 2015 Canoeist of the Year along with teammates Javier Hernanz, Rodrigo Germade and Oscar Carrera by the Royal Spanish Canoe Federation [RFEP]. (lavozdetalavera.com, 31 Jan 2016)