Hugo Arillo
Spanish taekwondo practitioner
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Hugo Arillo Vazquez[a] (born 28 February 2002) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Hugo Arillo Vazquez 28 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
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]
Career
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]
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arillo and the second or maternal family name is Vazquez.
