Gustavo Adolfo Sánchez is a Colombian artistic swimmer. He won two gold medals in the solo free routine at the 2022 Artistic Swimming World Series as well as a bronze medal in the mixed duet technical routine. His gold medal in the solo free routine at the Paris stop of the 2022 World Series marked the first

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won by an artistic swimmer representing

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at a FINA Artistic Swimming World Series. He is a

2022 Bolivarian Games The 2022 Bolivarian Games (Spanish:''Juegos Bolivarianos''), officially the XIX Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Valledupar, Colombia from June 24 to July 5. It was the fifth time of the ev ...

champion in the mixed duet routine. At World Aquatic Championships, he placed sixth in the mixed duet technical routine in

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and eighth in

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, as well as sixth in the mixed duet free routine in

and eighth in

Background

Sánchez was born 31 August 2000 in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

."The Colombian who became the best artistic swimmer in the world"
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''. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022."Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez"
FINA. Retrieved 7 June 2022. He dreams that one day the Olympic Games will include men in artistic swimming, which has been omitted from the Olympic program in both men-only and mixed gender duet events as least through the

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. He was unaffected by the allowance of up to two men to compete in the team event (featuring eight team event members) at the 2024 Olympic Games as the International Olympic Committee also continued barring the entrance of men in the sport in solo and duet events."For the first time, men eligible to compete in Artistic Swimming at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024"
FINA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022. For his collegiate studies, he attends

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in Cali, where he studies

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Career

2019 World Aquatics Championships

On the second day of the

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, South Korea in July, Sánchez and his partner Jennifer Cerquera Hatiusca ranked eighth in the preliminaries of the mixed duet technical routine, qualifying for the final two days later with a score of 76.1453 that included a minus 1.0 penalty incurred during the performance. FINA (13 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju (KOR): Mixed Duet Technical Preliminary Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 June 2022. In the final, they placed eighth with a score of 77.5388 points, penalty free. FINA (15 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju (KOR): Mixed Duet Technical Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 June 2022.Perelman, Rich (19 July 2019)
"AQUATICS: China and Russia now have 19 golds in Diving and Artistic; Tingmao She wins third 3 m Springboard title"
''The Sports Examiner''. Retrieved 7 June 2022. Day eight of competition, he and Cerquera Hatiusca qualified for the final of the mixed duet free routine, with a score of 78.5667 points in the preliminaries. FINA (19 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju (KOR): Mixed Duet Free Preliminary Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 June 2022. For the final the following day, the duo placed eighth, scoring 78.7000 points with no penalty. FINA (20 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju (KOR): Mixed Duet Free Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

2022

2022 Artistic Swimming World Series

On the second day of competition for the second leg of the

2022 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series The 2022 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series began on 19 March 2022 with a virtual event jointly hosted by the United States and Canada and ended on 22 May 2022 with an onsite super final event in Athens, Greece.Koos, Torin (7 March 2022)"FINA re ...

, held in April at Piscine Georges Vallerey in Paris, France, Sánchez won the gold medal in the solo free routine with a score of 80.8667 points for his performance choreographed in the theme of " The Joker".Croes, Maureen (2 April 2022)
"Creativity and youthful performances awarded during Day 2 of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris"
FINA. Retrieved 7 June 2022. This was the first-ever

at a FINA Artistic Swimming World Series won by an artistic swimmer representing

.Rengifo, Lisandro (7 April 2022)
"Gustavo Adolfo, un campeón en el arte de bailar en el agua"
(in Spanish). '' El Tiempo''. Retrieved 7 June 2022.Patiño, Juan Pablo (2 April 2022)
"¡Hizo historia! Un colombiano ganó, por primer vez, medalla para el país en natación artística"
(in Spanish). '' El Colombiano''. Retrieved 7 June 2022."Primer colombiano en lograr medalla de oro en natación artística"
(in Spanish). ''El Meridiano''. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022."Colombia Ganó Oro En Natación Artística Con Gustavo Sánchez"
(in Spanish). ''noticiasya.co''. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022."Gustavo Sánchez, primer colombiano en ganar una medalla de oro en la natación artística"
(in Spanish). ''Mística Deportiva''. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022."Gustavo Sánchez se convirtió en el primer colombiano en conseguir oro en natación artística"
(in Spanish). ''Opinión Caribe''. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022."Gustavo Sánchez y una histórica medalla de natación artística para Colombia"
(in Spanish). '' Indervalle''. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022. The third and final day, he started off with a bronze medal-winning performance in the mixed duet technical routine with his partner Jennifer Cerquera Hatiusca, performing to the song "Age of Gods" by Thomas Bergersen with a theme of "Constellations" to score 77.7850 points.Croes, Maureen (3 April 2022)
"Spain excels during final day of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris"
FINA. Retrieved 7 June 2022. He finished the day off in the mixed duet free routine with the same partner, placing fourth with a score of 80.2667 points."FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 – Leg 2: Results Mixed Duet Free"
FINA. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022. In his first event of the fourth leg of the World Series, hosted in a virtual format by

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in May, he and Cerquera Hatiusca placed fifth with a score of 75.3905 points, finishing less than four points behind the bronze medal-winning duo representing Kazakhstan."FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 – Leg 4: Results Mixed Duet Technical"
FINA. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022. For his second event, he competed in the solo free routine, performing his "The Joker" theme choreography to win the gold medal with a score of 77.4667 points and outscoring the silver medalist

Javier Ruisanchez Javier Enrique Ruisanchez Torres Zayas (born 8 February 1997) is a Puerto Rican artistic swimmer and former pool swimmer. He is a nine-time medalist at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series, winning eight medals at the 2022 FINA Artistic S ...

of Puerto Rico by over 14 points."USA top the medal table of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022"
FINA. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022. The final event he competed in for the World Series was the mixed duet free routine on the fourth leg of the World Series, where he and Cerquera Hatiusca scored 77.3667 points and placed fifth."FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 – Leg 4: Results Mixed Duet Free"
FINA. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

Sánchez entered to compete in 100% of events open to men, two mixed gender events, in artistic swimming competition at the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...

in Budapest, Hungary, with his partner Jennifer Cerquera Hatiusca. FINA (15 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Entry List by Nation"
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''. Retrieved 15 June 2022. On the second day of competition, 18 June, he and his partner achieved their highest rank finish in a preliminary or final at a FINA World Aquatics Championships ever, qualifying for the final and ranking sixth in the preliminaries of the mixed duet technical routine with a score of 78.5003 points. FINA (18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Preliminary Results"
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''. Retrieved 18 June 2022. In the final, he and his partner improved their marks by over two full points and achieved a sixth-place finish with a score of 81.2272 points, which was their highest place finish and highest score in a final at a FINA World Aquatics Championships in any mixed duet event. FINA (20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 June 2022.Luz Élida Molina Marín (20 June 2022)
"Jennifer y Gustavo lograron top-10 en el sincronizado del Mundial de Budapest"
(in Spanish). '' El Colombiano''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. For their second of two events, the mixed duet free routine, they achieved a new personal best score at a World Championships of 81.4667 points, ranked sixth overall, and qualified for the final. FINA (24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Free Preliminary Results"
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''. Retrieved 24 June 2022.Adami, Davide (24 June 2022)
"LIVE Nuoto artistic, Mondiali 2022 in DIRETTA: Italia quinta nella prova a squadre libera, Minisini e Ruggiero in testa nel duo misto libero"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. They further improved their personal best score in the final, placing sixth with a score of 83.0667 points. FINA (25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Free Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

2022 Bolivarian Games

At the

, held in Valledupar less than a week after the conclusion of artistic swimming competition at the World Championships, Sánchez won a gold medal in the mixed duet routine, scoring 75.943 points for the technical competency and 78.350 for the free competency."XIX Juegos Bolivarianos Valledupar 2022: Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez Acero"
(in Spanish). '' Valledupar 2022''. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

International championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sánchez, Gustavo 2000 births Living people Colombian male swimmers Colombian synchronized swimmers Male synchronized swimmers Sportspeople from Cali Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Colombian people Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming