Fernando Díaz del Río

2022 Artistic Swimming World Series

For the first leg of the 2022 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series, conducted in virtual format by the United States and Canada in March, Díaz del Río performed his choreography in the solo technical routine to music by English musical artist Labrinth, earning 76.4571 points and winning the silver medal.^[7] The following month, he scored 76.2795 points in the solo technical routine at the leg of the World Series conducted at Piscine Georges Vallerey in Paris, France, winning the gold medal 15.4021 points ahead of silver medalist Javier Ruisanchez of Puerto Rico.^[8] In May, as part of the World Series leg conducted in virtual format by Australia, he won a gold medal in the solo technical routine with choreography to music by American band Aerosmith and a final score of 74.2865 points, which was less than five points ahead of silver medalist Eduard Kim of Kazakhstan.^[9] The following day, he won the bronze medal in the mixed duet free routine with a score of 81.7333 points, finishing just 1.5334 points behind gold medalists Tomoka Sato and Yotaro Sato of Japan.^[10]

Performing in-person later the same month at olympic Athletic Center of Athens in Athens, Greece, for the final leg of the 2022 World Series, Díaz del Río won the gold medal in the male solo technical routine with a personal best score of 77.9618 points from the World Series circuit.^[11] He earned his final medal of the circuit the following day, winning his first gold medal in the solo free routine with a score of 80.3333 points and a lead of over three points ahead of silver medalist Nicolò Ogliari of Italy.^[12]

2022 European Aquatics Championships

As part of the artistic swimming program at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, contested starting 11 August at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, solo male events were included in competition for the first time at a LEN European Aquatics Championships.^{[13][14][15][16]} Performing his choreography in the first solo event, the solo technical routine on 12 August, to music by American band Aerosmith, he achieved a score of 79.4952 points to win the silver medal, 6.2082 points behind gold medalist Giorgio Minisini of Italy and 20.6117 points ahead of bronze medalist Ivan Martinović of Serbia.^{[13][14][15][16][17]} With his win, he became the first silver medalist in a solo male artistic swimming event, and first silver medalist in the men's solo technical routine, at a LEN European Aquatics Championships.^{[13][14][15][16]} On 14 August, he became the first silver medalist in the men's solo free routine at a LEN European Aquatics Championships, winning the silver medal in the event with choreography to music by America musical artist Danny Elfman and a final score of 83.3333 points, which was 5.3333 points ahead of bronze medalist Quentin Rakotomalala of France and 5.1334 points behind gold medalist Giorgio Minisini of Italy.^{[2][18][19][20][21][22]}

2023 Artistic Swimming World Cup

For the first stop of the first Artistic Swimming World Cup organized by World Aquatics, contested in March in Markham, Canada, Díaz del Río won the silver medal in the solo free routine on the second day of competition with a score of 168.4000 points, finishing behind Giorgio Minisini and ahead of Eduard Kim.^[23][24] Later in the day, he and his partner Emma García achieved a score of 188.7458 points in the mixed duet technical routine, however they were ineligible for a medal as they were not the highest-ranking duo in the event from Spain.^[25] The third and final day, he and Mireia Hernandez Luna ranked third in the mixed duet free routine with a 194.5083, however the bronze medal went to the duo from Belgium as they were not the highest-scoring Spaniards.^[26] For his final event, the mixed team acrobatic, he contributed to a final mark of 189.6875 points, which ranked sixth overall.^[27]