ECHENIQUE Gonzalo

Italy
Water Polo
27 Apr 1990
31
Male
1.95/6'4''
ROSARIO
 
Argentina
GENOA
 
Italy

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WPO Water Polo Men
ITA
Italy
 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group A
#01
RSA
South Africa
2
ITA
Italy
21
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group A
#10
ITA
Italy
6
GRE
Greece
6
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group A
#14
USA
United States
11
ITA
Italy
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group A
#22
ITA
Italy
16
JPN
Japan
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group A
#26
HUN
Hungary
5
ITA
Italy
5
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Quarterfinal
#32
ITA
Italy
6
SRB
Serbia
10
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Classification 5th-8th
#36
ITA
Italy
6
USA
United States
7
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Classification 7th-8th
#39
MNE
Montenegro
17
ITA
Italy
18
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
7Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2019Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
4Men2021Tbilisi, GEO

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
4Men2018Barcelona, ESP
6Men2020Budapest, HUN
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Chalo (waterpolista.com, 16 Dec 2014)
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Supporting Argentinian football team Newell's Old Boys. (prorecco.it, 01 Jan 2020)
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Athlete
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English, Italian, Spanish
:
Pro Recco [Italy] since 2016
:
Gabriel Hernandez [club], ESP; Alessandro Campagna [national], ITA
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Driver, Wing (waterpolista.com, 16 Dec 2014)
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Left (waterpolista.com, 16 Dec 2014)
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His brothers Ignacio and Tomas have represented Argentina in water polo. Tomas won gold medals at the 2021 and 2018 South American championships and also competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 May 2021; masdeporte.as.com, 01 Apr 2016)
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In 2018 an injury prevented him from competing in the European qualification tournament for the 2019 World Super League Final in Belgrade, Serbia. (total-waterpolo.com, 11 Nov 2019)
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Serie A1 [ITA] (genova24.it, 30 Apr 2021)
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He began swimming at age six. He took up water polo at age 12 in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina. (waterpolista.com, 16 Dec 2014; newellsoldboys.com.ar, 07 Oct 2014)
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He practised swimming before taking up water polo. He switched because he got bored of swimming and his friends and his brother were playing water polo. (miradorprovincial.com, 16 Jan 2015)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (oasport.it, 27 May 2020)
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Representing Spain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (mfsport.net, 19 June 2020)
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Argentine footballer Lionel Messi. (ricerca.repubblica.it, 07 Dec 2016)
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His parents. (mfsport.net, 19 June 2020)

General Interest

General
FROM ARGENTINA TO SPAIN TO ITALY
Born in Argentina, he represented his birth country in water polo at the Pan American Games in 2007 and 2011. He moved to Barcelona, Spain in January 2010, after Spanish water polo player Daniel Ballart helped him secure a move to club CN Montjuic. He had spells with Spanish clubs Sabadell and Barceloneta before being granted Spanish citizenship in 2015. In 2016 he began representing the Spain national team, including at that year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In 2017 he moved to Italy to play for club Pro Recco. That same year he made the switch to represent Italy after being granted Italian citizenship due to his grandmother originating from Catania, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 May 2021; ilsecoloxix.it, 04 Oct 2017; oasport.it, 11 Jan 2017; miradorprovincial.com, 16 Jan 2015; waterpolista.com, 16 Dec 2014)

FAMILY LIFE
He is the 10th oldest in a family of 12 siblings. He has eight sisters and three brothers. (miradorprovincial.com, 16 Jan 2015; waterpolista.com, 16 Dec 2014)

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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Content 2 (removed through CDN).
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