Hugo González de Oliveira (born 19 February 1999) is a Spanish

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He is the son of a Spanish father and a Brazilian mother.«España tiene nuevo prodigio acuático»
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'', 20 March 2016. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke and the men's 200 backstroke events at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, and in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. He also competed at the 2016 European Junior Championships in Hodmezovasarhely winning 2 gold medals in 200 back 1:57.00 and 400IM 4:17.27 Hugo competed at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest for Spain. He took 23rd in the 100 back in 55.05, 26th in the 200 IM in 2:02.78 and 32nd in the 200 back in 2:02.41. He won 3 gold medals and a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships. Gold in 400IM with a championship record 4:14.65, 200 back 1:56.69 with also a championship record and 100 back 54.27, and silver in 50 back 25.30.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Hugo 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Palma de Mallorca Spanish male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Spain Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Spanish male backstroke swimmers Spanish male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Auburn Tigers men's swimmers California Golden Bears men's swimmers Spanish people of Brazilian descent