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Cáceres at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 31, 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Canotaje Las Flores[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Diego Canepa[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan Ignacio Cáceres (born 31 January 1992) is an Argentine sprint canoeist who mostly competes in the four-man K-4 1000 m event. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and placed 12th at the 2016 Olympics.[1] He won the gold medal in the K-4 500m event at the 2019 Pan American Games.[3]
Cáceres took up kayaking in 2003, and in 2012 was named Sportsperson of the Year in Las Flores, Argentina.[2]