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Birth name | Hugo Arillo Vazquez | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alicante | 28 February 2002||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugo Arillo Vazquez (born 28 February 2002) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships. [1]
Born in Alicante, [2] he grew up in Elche, in the Valencian Community of Spain. [3] He was given the award for Best Male Athlete at the Elche City Council Sports Gala in 2023. [4] By 2023, he was living and training in San Cugat del Vallés in Catalonia. [5]
He had a successful year competing the youth circuit in 2019, combining victory in the Spanish Open with silver medals at the Belgian Open and World Taekwondo Europe Multi European Games with a bronze at the European Championships. However, he could only compete in one event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. [6]
In 2021, he was able to step up into the senior ranks of taekwondo, winning a bronze medal at the Turkey Open in March 2021. [7]
He won the bronze medal in the President Cup in 2023 in Istanbul. [8]
He was a silver medalist in the finweight at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, defeating Görkem Polat in the semifinals before losing out to South Korean Park Tae-joon in the final. [9]
He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Games in Kraków defeating Sayyad Dadashov of Azerbaijan in the final. [10] [11] He won the bronze medal at the Manchester Grand Prix in December 2023. [12]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Hugo Arillo Vazquez | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alicante | 28 February 2002||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugo Arillo Vazquez (born 28 February 2002) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships. [1]
Born in Alicante, [2] he grew up in Elche, in the Valencian Community of Spain. [3] He was given the award for Best Male Athlete at the Elche City Council Sports Gala in 2023. [4] By 2023, he was living and training in San Cugat del Vallés in Catalonia. [5]
He had a successful year competing the youth circuit in 2019, combining victory in the Spanish Open with silver medals at the Belgian Open and World Taekwondo Europe Multi European Games with a bronze at the European Championships. However, he could only compete in one event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. [6]
In 2021, he was able to step up into the senior ranks of taekwondo, winning a bronze medal at the Turkey Open in March 2021. [7]
He won the bronze medal in the President Cup in 2023 in Istanbul. [8]
He was a silver medalist in the finweight at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, defeating Görkem Polat in the semifinals before losing out to South Korean Park Tae-joon in the final. [9]
He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Games in Kraków defeating Sayyad Dadashov of Azerbaijan in the final. [10] [11] He won the bronze medal at the Manchester Grand Prix in December 2023. [12]