Iván Raña

Iván Raña Fuentes (born 10 June 1979) is a Spanish triathlete and the winner of three medals in the World Triathlon Championships between the years of 2002–2004. He also has won three medals at the European League Triathlon as well, between the years of 2001–2003.

He competed in three Olympics as well: Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004, and Beijing in 2008, where he won two Olympic Diplomas for fifth place in both Sydney and Beijing.

Athletic career Raña participated in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took fifth place with a total time of 1:49:10.88.

In 2002 when he won world, European and national titles. His world championship win in Cancún, Mexico, was Spain's first gold medal in the event. The next year he came home second at the world championships behind Australia's Peter Robertson and he had to settle for silver earlier this year as well. In 2004, at the world champs in Madeira, Raña came home less than a second behind Kiwi Docherty. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Raña dropped to a disappointing twenty-third place with a time of 1:55:44.27. However, he competed again at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he took fifth place with a time of 1:49:22.03.