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| Full name | Elia Canales Martín | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 Tarragona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elia Canales Martín (born 25 June 2001) is a Spanish archer competing in women's recurve events. She represented Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the mixed team recurve event at the 2025 World Archery Championships, Spain's first gold medal in the history of the World Archery Championships.
Career
Canales made her international debut for Spain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won a silver medal in the girl's individual event.[1]
In May 2024, she competed at the 2024 European Archery Championships and won a silver medal in the women's individual event.[2] She then represented Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics in both the women's individual and mixed team events.[3][4]
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Archery Championships and won a gold medal in the mixed team recurve event, along with Andrés Temiño.[5] This was Spain's first gold medal at the World Archery Championships, and first medal since 1997.[6]
References
- ^ Pérez, Marta (16 October 2018). "Elia Canales, plata en tiro con arco en los JJOO de la Juventud". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Elia Canales guanya la medalla de plata en l'europeu d'arc recorbat". lesportiudecatalunya.cat (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Una de las españolas clasificadas para París 2024 abre el fuego: "Tenemos nivel para optar a algo"". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Elia Canales, la tiradora española que ha batido todos los récords su primer día en París". El Periódico (in Spanish). 24 July 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Elia Canales y Andrés Temiño logran un histórico oro mundial". Cadena COPE (in Spanish). 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Elia Canales y Andrés Termiño, oro histórico en el Mundial de tiro con arco: "¿Pero qué habéis hecho?"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
External links
- Elia Canales at World Archery
- Elia Canales at Olympics.com
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