María García (canoeist)

María García

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place	2001 Poznań	K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place	2002 Seville	K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place	2003 Gainesville	K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place	2001 Poznań	K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place	2002 Seville	K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place	2003 Gainesville	K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place	2005 Zagreb	K-4 200 m

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.

María Isabel García Suárez (born 26 March 1978) is a Spanish canoe sprinter who competed in the early to mid-2000s. She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-4 200 m: 2001, 2002, 2003) and four bronzes (K-4 200 m: 2005, K-4 500 m: 2001, 2002, 2003). García also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-4 500 m event at Athens in 2004.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)

External links

• María Isabel García at Olympedia (archive)
• Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez at Olympics.com
• Maria Isabel Garcia Suarez at Olympic.org (archived)
• María Isabel García Suárez (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)