GONZALEZ Hugo

Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PALMA DE MALLORCA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke	6
	Men's 200m Individual Medley

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Back	200Back
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (54.18)	SF (1:59.08)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Back	200Back	200IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (55.67)	H (2:01.84)	H (2:03.09)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (55.05)	H (2:02.41)	H (2:02.78)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	100Fly	200IndMed	4x100Medley X
2020	Budapest, HUN	3rd (24.47)	2nd (52.90)	H (1:59.10)	H (52.87)	1st (1:56.76)	8th
2018	Glasgow, GBR	-	-	8th (1:59.06)	-	4th (1:58.77)	-

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	100Fly	200IndMed
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (24.10)	H (52.05)	H (1:53.08)	H (52.28)	H (1:55.84)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	200IndMed	400IndMed
2017	Indianapolis, IN, USA	2nd (25.30)	1st (54.27)	1st (1:56.69)	4th (2:00.61)	1st (4:14.65)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Language Studies - Spanish - University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

Languages spoken:

Real Canoe NC [ESP] / University of California, Berkeley [USA]

David Durden [University of California, Berkeley]

Sporting relatives:

His siblings Nadia and Ruben are also swimmers, with Nadia representing Virginia Tech in the United States of America. (marca.com, 16 Oct 2015; swimswam.com, 14 May 2020; hokiesports.com, 01 Sep 2020)

He took up the sport at age three. (deportes.elpais.com, 20 Mar 2016)

His mother wanted him to learn to swim because she was afraid he could drown. Once he learned how to float, instructors recommended his parents to enrol him in a club because he moved in the water with ease. (publico.es, 30 Jun 2016)

While competing with University of Auburn he was named 2018 Male Freshman of the Year of the Southeastern Conference [SEC] in the United States of America. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 04 Jun 2018)

General Interest

General
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
After the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro his parents contacted the University of Auburn's Spanish coach Sergio Lopez. Lopez visited him and his parents in Spain and explained the Auburn programme. In 2018 he followed Lopez after he relocate to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, United States of America. However, just two weeks into the academic year at Virginia Tech Gonzalaez decided to return to Spain after not being able to adapt. In January 2019 he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to start a major degree in Spanish and Portuguese studies. Due to having begun the 2018/19 with Virginia Tech, he was not allowed to compete for Berkeley for the rest of the 2018/19 season and made his debut for the Golden Bears in the 2019/20 season. (marca.com, 07 Jan 2018; swimswam.com, 04 Jun 2018; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 04 Jun 2018; swimswam.com, 22 Sep 2018; nataccion.com, 22 Sep 2018; mundodeportivo.com, 08 Apr 2019; calbears.com, 01 Sep 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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