Beatriz Manchón Portillo (born 29 May 1976 in Sevilla) is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. She won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 200 m: 1999, 2002), three silvers (K-2 200 m: 2003, K-4 200 m: 2002, 2003), and ten bronzes (K-2 200 m: 1998, K-2 500 m: 1997, 2001, 2002; K-2 1000 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2009).

Beatriz Manchón
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Milan K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seville K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2003 Gainesville K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2003 Gainesville K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Szeged K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Szeged K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Poznań K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville K-2 500 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 2009 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m

Manchón also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth on three occasions (2004: K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m; 2008: K-4 500 m).

References

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  • Canoe09.ca profile
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beatriz Manchón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.