Eber Sanhueza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sanhueza and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.
Eber Sanhueza
Personal information
Born (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 26)
Puerto Montt, Chile[1]
EducationAndrés Bello National University[2]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCD Nauticos Estrella Blanca[2]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Lwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Lwt double sculls
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Lwt double skulls
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Quadruple skulls

Eber Sanhueza Rojas (born 23 April 1998) is a Chilean rower who competed in the men's lightweight double skulls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Sanhueza was set to compete at the 2016 World Championships, but he was pulled from the competition to replace an injured Chilean teammate at the 2016 World U23 Championships, placing tenth in the coxless four event.[3]

At the 2018 South American Games, he won a gold medal in the lightweight double skulls with Felipe Cárdenas and a silver medal in the quadruple skulls with Cárdenas, César Abaroa, and Bernardo Guerrero.[4]

Sanhueza began competing with Abaroa in the lightweight double skulls event in 2017.[5] They finished seventh at the 2017 World U23 Championships,[6] and improved to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 edition.[7] The pair placed 20th at the 2018 World Championships in Bulgaria,[8] then won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.[9]

In March 2021, Sanhueza and Abaroa finished second in the lightweight double skulls event at the American Olympic Qualification Regatta, securing Chile's boat in the event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[10] A few days later the Chilean Rowing Federation selected the duo ahead of Felipe Cárdenas, who also finished second in his single skulls race, for the Olympic slot.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio: Remero Eber Sanhueza representará a Puerto Montt". Diario de Puerto Montt (in Spanish). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Eber Sanhueza". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ González Rodríguez, Viviana (26 December 2012). "El año en que Eber Sanhueza logró consolidarse en el remo". Soy Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ Arellano, Daniel (8 June 2018). "Revisa las 132 medallas obtenidas por Chile en los Juegos Sudamericanos de Cochabamba 2018". El Deportero (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ^ Esparza, Samuel (12 March 2021). "César Abaroa: "Cuando era un niño tenía el sueño de ir a unos JJOO y estoy cerca de cumplirlo"". Diario Concepción. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "César Abaroa y Eber Sanhueza ganaron la Final B de remo par ligero en el Mundial sub 23". Al Aire Libre (in Spanish). 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ Arellano, Daniel (29 July 2018). "César Abaroa y Eber Sanhueza obtuvieron el cuarto lugar en el Mundial Sub 23 de Remo". El Deportero (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Finaliza participación de Nacionales en Plovdiv Bulgaria 2018" (in Spanish). Federación Chilena de Remo. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Remero puertomontino Eber Sanhueza logró medalla de bronce en los Panamericanos de Lima 2019". Diario de Puerto Montt (in Spanish). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ^ Rosenbladt, Oli (8 March 2021). "Latin & South American Crews Qualify for Tokyo in Covid-Shortened Rio Qualifier". Row2k. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. ^ Castillo, Juan Carlos (10 March 2021). "Federación Chilena de Remo definió que el bote doble masculino tendrá el cupo a los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". ADN Radio Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.