Hugo Arillo Vazquez (born 28 February 2002) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the

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Early and personal life

Born in

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, he grew up in

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of Spain. He was given the award for Best Male Athlete at the Elche City Council Sports Gala in 2023. By 2023, he was living and training in San Cugat del Vallés in

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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

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. 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. He won the bronze medal in the President Cup in 2023 in

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. He was a silver medalist in the finweight at the

in Baku, defeating

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in the semifinals before losing out to South Korean Park Tae-joon in the final. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Games in

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defeating Sayyad Dadashov of Azerbaijan in the final. He won the bronze medal at the Manchester Grand Prix in December 2023.

References

Spanish male taekwondo practitioners Living people 2002 births 21st-century Spanish people Sportspeople from Elche World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Games gold medalists for Spain Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo {{Spain-taekwondo-bio-stub