“I’m asking you for documentation, buddy” | Relief

For sports fans, Saul Craviotto is a legend with an unrivaled track record that makes him Olympian with the most medals. For prime-time television regulars, this winner of the second edition of Masterchef Celebrity 2 in 2017. But the third stage of his life, which marks most of his time, is his profession, National Police Agent.

The big problem is separating each of them into a busy agenda for a high-level athlete in such a difficult discipline as canoeing. Find the hours in the day to be compatible athlete, famous… and policeman. But perhaps the most alarming thing is to achieve separation of the recognized Saul Craviotto from such a serious profession as the security forces and authorities.

“I was in the UPR, doing military service and driving a van down the street,” Craviotto begins to recall during an interview in Eurosportone of his most memorable anecdotes, which began to teach him that perhaps his path should not lie in patrol. “It happened to me once when I asked for documentation, they told me: you are from MasterChef.isn’t it?” It didn’t take long for the man from Lleida, who lived in Asturias for many years, to put things in their place and gain authority: “Damn, man, this I’m asking you for documentation, buddy.“.

“It happened to me especially after 2017 when Masterchef became a springboard for the media and everyone already knew me,” says the rower, who won his seventh Olympic medal with bronze in the K4 500m at the Paris Games. . “He may seem cute, but he is difficult on the street. After all, the police go where no one wants to go. We go to places where there are dangerous people, gangs who attack houses, people who rape, and in the end we tell them who arrested you… through Instagram they know where I train, where I live, they know my daughters’ faces, and for security reasons I don’t see myself doing any police work.“.

After such an experience, having crossed the red line of fame, Craviotto decided to change his job in the police and is now looking for a job that is much more suitable for his profile: “There are many services in the police, and among them there are there is “civic participation” in speeches in schools, institutes or penitentiary centers. talk about bullyingsocial networks, alcohol… This is what I feel comfortable with and believe that I can bring this benefit to the police. The way that I do not put my safety and the safety of my family at risk.but in which I can continue my work.

Are you going to the seventh tournament in Los Angeles in 2028?

In the aforementioned interview with journalist Alberto Gonzalez “Pipe” Craviotto also talks about his professional future at the age of 40. Although most assumed this would be their last Games, the door remains open: “I feel good, but it will have more to do with mental issues and whether I want it. I already know the amount of duty that must be paid, I am no longer being deceived. Let’s just say I’m already at the part of my career that I consider year after year, challenge after challenge, or, at best, leave it for now.”

An answer that doesn’t make it clear what he will do if he continues for a while longer, and doesn’t know whether he will make it to the next Olympic competition or not. “Should I rule out traveling to Los Angeles? Wow, since I don’t rule out that I’ll go to the World Championships next year, I don’t rule out that I’ll go to the next one too… and if I’m stuck in the middle of the Olympic cycle, maybe I’ll say, “I shit ten, let’s do it.” I clearly understand that if I go, it will only be to win a medal. If I’m a burden to my colleagues, I rule it out 100%.The decision at this point doesn’t appear to be immediate: “Given the years I’ve lived there, I deserve some time to think.”