Maialen Chourraut


Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000, specializing in K1 and in later years also in kayak cross.
Chourraut has a full set of Olympic medals from a total of five Olympic participations. She won the gold medal in the Canoeing at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She went on to win a silver medal in the Canoeing at the [2020 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Previously she won a bronze medal in the Canoeing at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
She also competed in the Canoeing at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the heats and finished in 16th place. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she finished 12th in both the Canoeing at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] and 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom kayak cross|kayak cross].
Chourraut won two individual medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2011. She also won a silver in the K1 team event in 2023. Chourraut won four medals at the European Championships.
The Spanish Olympic Committee, chose Chourraut and the Olympic canoeist Marcus Cooper as the Spanish flag bearers at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine. Chourraut turned it down as she was competing the next day in the K1 slalom. The sailor Tamara Echegoyen was competing at her fourth Olympics and she was chosen to replace her as she had the next most outstanding record.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
201027 June 2010La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
20113 July 2011L'Argentière-la-Bessée2ndK1
201110 July 2011Markkleeberg3rdK1
201210 June 2012Cardiff1stK1
201217 June 2012Pau1stK1
20143 August 2014La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
201528 June 2015Kraków1stK1
20155 July 2015Liptovský Mikuláš2ndK1
20159 August 2015La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
201612 June 2016La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
201619 June 2016Pau3rdK1
201718 June 2017Prague1stK1
201710 September 2017La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
20188 September 2018La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
202414 June 2024Kraków2ndK1
202420 September 2024La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
202515 June 2025Pau3rdKayak cross