Carlos Pérez Rial

Carlos Pérez Rial (born 12 April 1979 in Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra), nicknamed "Perucho", is a Spanish sprint canoer who has been competing since 1999. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008 along with Saul Craviotto.

Pérez won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 200 m: 2005, K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, 2010) and four silvers (K-1 200 m: 2006, K-1 500 m: 2003, K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010).

Perucho is a member of the Piragüismo Aldán club. He is tall and weighs .

European Championship Medals Silver K-1 200 m 2006 Račice, Czech Republic 0:34.644 Gold K-1 200 m 2005 Poznań, Poland 0:36.098 Bronze K-1 500 m 2004 Poznań, Poland 1:41.974