Hugo Arillo

Hugo Arillo

Personal information
Birth name	Hugo Arillo Vazquez
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22) Alicante
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Weight class	Lightweight
Medal record Men's taekwondo Representing  Spain World Championships 2023 Baku 54kg European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 54kg

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]

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

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arillo and the second or maternal family name is Vazquez.

References

1. "Hugo Arillo". Taekwondodata. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
2. Lopez Revert, Sergio (26 May 2021). "Hugo Arillo: "I have the possibility of doing something great at the World Cup in China"". yosoynoticia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
3. Gea, Sergio (29 June 2023). "Hugo Arillo from Elche, at the top: World Cup silver and European gold in just three weeks". yosoynoticia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
4. Canals, Felipe (27 September 2023). "Taekwondo player from Elche Hugo Arillo, gold medal at the Serbian Open". Ondacero.es. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
5. "Hugo Arillo: "I can't live my day to day life without a good nap"". Alicante Plaza. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
6. Berkeley, Geoff (4 December 2020). "Teenager Arillo hopes to climb Olympic taekwondo rankings after frustrating 2020". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
7. "Hugo Arillo y Daniel Ros, medallas valencianas en el Open de Turquía de taekwondo". yosoynoticia.es. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
8. Gea, Sergio (2 July 2023). "Hugo Arillo: from winning bronze to being affected by the earthquake in Türkiye". yosoynoticia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
9. Morago, Jose (6 June 2023). "The athlete from Elche Hugo Arillo is proclaimed runner-up in the taekwondo world". Cadenaser.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
10. Burke, Patrick (23 June 2023). "Spain strike with treble taekwondo triumph at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
11. Molina Gómez, Israel (24 June 2023). "Épica medalla de oro para Hugo Arillo en los Juegos Europeon". yosoynoticia.es. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
12. Galvan, JA (4 December 2023). "Hugo Arillo from Elche wins the bronze medal at the Manchester Grand Prix". Imformacion.es. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

External links

• Hugo Arillo Vazquez at TaekwondoData.com
• Hugo Arillo Vázquez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)
• Hugo Arillo at Olympedia (archive)