VARELA David

World Championships

Year	Location	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	6
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	9
2017	Racice, CZE	17

European Games

Year	Location	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	4

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K4 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	17	-
2018	Belgrade, SRB	-	9
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	-	6

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

Year	K4 500m
2021	1 x 4th
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th
2017	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 17th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:20.942
3	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:21.014
4	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:23.97
6	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.324
7	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:21.271
8	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:21.096
9	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:23.990
17	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	1:22.210

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

Watching movies and TV. (comiteolimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Sep 2019)

Athlete

Geography - University of Coimbra, Portugal

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Kayak Clube Castores do Arade [Lagoa, POR]

Rui Fernandes [national], POR

In 2007 he decided to focus on canoe sprint over other sports he was involved in, including surfing and windsurfing. He began practising the sport at the Alhandra Sporting Club in Alhandra, Portugal. (lidl.pt, 01 Jan 2019; Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

Canadian paddler Adam van Koeverden, Norwegian paddler Eirik Veras Larsen, British paddler Tim Brabants, Spanish paddler Saul Craviotto. (comiteolimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Sep 2019)

He listens to music to help him focus before a race. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

"Train hard to play harder." (lidl.pt, 01 Jan 2019)