PEREZ de VARGAS MORENO Gonzalo

10 Jan 1991
30
Male
1.89/6'2''
TOLEDO
 
Spain
BARCELONA
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
HBL Handball Men 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Yoyogi National Stadium
GER
Germany
27
ESP
Spain
28
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
ESP
Spain
28
NOR
Norway
27
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
BRA
Brazil
25
ESP
Spain
32
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
FRA
France
36
ESP
Spain
31
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
ESP
Spain
36
ARG
Argentina
27
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
SWE
Sweden
33
ESP
Spain
34
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
ESP
Spain
23
DEN
Denmark
27
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
EGY
Egypt
31
ESP
Spain
33
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2021Egypt
4Men2015Qatar
5Men2017France
7Men2019

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2020
1Men2018Croatia
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Gonchi, Cabezon [Big Head] (Facebook page, 28 Feb 2021; mundodeportivo.com, 06 Mar 2019)
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Cooking, reading, travelling. (Facebook page, 28 Feb 2021)
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Athlete
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Partner Itziar Llobet
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English, Spanish
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FC Barcelona Handbol [Spain] since 2007/08
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Xavi Pascual [club], ESP; Jordi Ribera [national], ESP
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Goalkeeper (fcbarcelona.es, 04 Mar 2021)
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His partner Itziar Llobet represented Spain in basketball at youth level, and was part of the team that won gold at the 2013 U20 European Championship in Samsun, Turkey. She has also played professional basketball in the Liga Femenina in Spain. (regeneracomsports.com, 03 Jul 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 12 Mar 2021)
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2012 for Spain Against Portugal, European Championship Qualifying in Seville, Spain (rfebm.com, 31 Jan 2021)
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He strained a ligament in his right knee during a match at the 2018 European Championships in Croatia. The injury sidelined him for the semifinal and final of the tournament, which Spain went on to win. (ehf-euro.com, 28 Jan 2018, marca.com, 26 Jan 2018)

In April 2017 he underwent surgery after breaking the small finger on his left hand during a training session. (asobal.es, 12 Apr 2017)
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Liga ASOBAL [ESP] (asobal.es, 02 Mar 2021)
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He took up the sport at age seven at the Amibal team in Toledo, Spain. (fcbarcelona.es, 04 Mar 2021)
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His classmate's father started a handball team. He joined the team and then volunteered when the team needed a goalkeeper. (Facebook page, 28 Feb 2021)
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Winning the 2020 European Championship, which earned Spain qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eurosport.es, 26 Jan 2020)
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Spanish handball players David Barrufet and Jose Javier Hombrados, Danish handball player Kasper Hvidt. (Facebook page, 28 Feb 2021)
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He was named in the All-Star team as the Best Goalkeeper of the 2020 European Championships. (mundodeportivo.com, 26 Jan 2020)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2016/17 Liga ASOBAL season in Spain. (asobal.es, 02 Nov 2017)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2016/17 Champions League season. (asobal.es, 02 Jun 2017)

He was named Best Young Player of the 2013/14 French Women's Handball Championship season. (fcbarcelona.es, 04 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
GOALKEEPERS' UNION
Fellow Spanish goalkeeper Rodrigo Corrales has spoken about the bond the pair have developed from their time playing together on the national team and for Spanish team FC Barcelona Handbol. "We are united by something that is difficult to occur with other goalkeeper pairs, which is a joint adolescence. We have been educated together at school, we have lived together in the same residence, then in an apartment. We have shared a lot of things and in the end it is evident that each of us likes to have our moment in the leading role, but that does not mean, regardless of the ego that each one of us may have, that we feel something special for the other. I have tremendous joy when things turn out well for him. And besides, he is a player that I always want in my team because he is going to help us win," said Corrales. (ondacero.es, 01 Feb 2021; tokyo2020.org, 06 Jul 2020; elpais.com, 11 Jan 2019; farodevigo.es, 30 Jan 2018)

RIO REDEMPTION
In 2020 he spoke about the relief of qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after the national team failed to qualify for the previous edition of the Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. "The Olympic Games are the best competition and this generation deserved it after the disappointment of 2016. We have had a fantastic Olympic cycle. It has been a big relief." (Facebook page, 28 Feb 2021; eurosport.es, 26 Jan 2020)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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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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