BALASTEGUI Manel

World Championships

Year	Location	L2x	L4x
2019	Linz, AUT	5	-
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	7

European Championships

Year	Location	L2x
2021	Varese, ITA	7
2020	Poznan, POL	13
2019	Lucerne, SUI	4

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Lightweight Double Sculls	2019	Plovdiv, BUL	6:47.29

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	L2x
2018	Poznan, POL	1

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	2x
2017	Trakai, LTU	6

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Athlete

Catalan, Spanish

Club Natacio Banyoles [Spain]

Carles Grabulosa [club, national], ESP

He took up the sport in 2014 in Banyoles, Spain. (unahistoriadedeporte.es, 26 Sep 2019; worldrowing.com, 31 Aug 2019)

He used to play basketball and football, but he would take a break from both sports during the summer months. His mother encouraged him to try rowing and he developed an interest in it. (unahistoriadedeporte.es, 26 Sep 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (unahistoriadedeporte.es, 26 Sep 2019)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (unahistoriadedeporte.es, 26 Sep 2019)

Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho. (unahistoriadedeporte.es, 26 Sep 2019)

"Train hard, compete easy." (podium.telefonica.com, 01 Jan 2018)

He was named Rower of the Year by the Spanish Rowing Federation at the 2018 Rowing Gala Awards. (federemo.org, 09 Mar 2019)