HERNANGOMEZ Willy

27 May 1994
27
Male
2.09/6'10''
MADRID
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BKB Basketball Men 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Saitama Super Arena
JPN
Japan
77
ESP
Spain
88
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
ESP
Spain
81
ARG
Argentina
71
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
ESP
Spain
87
SLO
Slovenia
95
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
ESP
Spain
81
USA
United States
95
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2019People's Republic of China

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2017
:
Athlete
:
English, Spanish
:
New Orleans Pelicans [United States of America] since 2020/21
:
Stan Van Gundy [club], USA; Sergio Scariolo [national], ITA
:
Power forward (nba.com, 20 Feb 2020)
:
His father Guillermo Hernangomez played basketball for Real Madrid and Estudiantes in Spain, while his mother Wonny Geuer represented Spain in the sport at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. His brother Juancho has played in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves, and also won the 2019 World Cup with Spain. His sister Andrea has played at college level for Fairfield University in Connecticut, United States of America. (nba.com, 20 Feb 2020; fairfieldstags.com, 18 Feb 2020; as.com, 15 Sep 2019; endesabasketlover.com, 16 Jul 2014; feb.es, 03 May 2013)
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2015 for Spain, European Championships in Berlin, Germany (nba.es, 19 Dec 2019)
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NBA [USA] (cope.es, 23 Nov 2020)
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He comes from a family of basketball players. (cuatro.com, 19 Aug 2015)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 06 Nov 2020)
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Winning the 2019 World Cup in the People's Republic of China with Spain. (as.com, 15 Sep 2019)
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Spanish basketball players Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol. (gigantes.com, 23 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
NBA DRAFT
He was selected in the second round, 35th pick overall, by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2015 NBA Draft. His rights were traded to the New York Knicks, who he played for between 2016 and 2018. He then signed for the Charlotte Hornets. In 2020 he signed for the New Orleans Pelicans. (basketball.reference.com, 24 Nov 2020; nba.com, 07 Feb 2018)

NAME PRONUNCIATION
He often has to explain how to pronounce his name. "It's 'Billy'. If you write my name, it's with a 'W', so everyone thinks it's 'Willy'. But my mother was from Germany. In Germany, everyone with a [name that starts with 'W'] is pronounced with a 'B'. So that's my name. I'm going to try to explain that to everybody. But I don't care. It doesn't matter if someone calls me Willy or Billy." (espn.go.com, 12 Jul 2016)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2018 he and his brother Juancho set up Campus Hermanos Hernangomez, a basketball programme in Madrid, Spain. (campushernangomez.com, 01 Feb 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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