Tomás González (gymnast)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Sepúlveda.

Tomás González

— Gymnast —

Personal information

Full name

Enrique Tomás González Sepúlveda

Country represented

Chile

Born

November 22, 1985
Santiago, Chile

Hometown

Santiago, Chile

Height

171 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

Level

Senior international

Club

Universidad Católica de Chile

Head coach(es)

Yoel Gutiérrez (2007-2013)^[1]

Assistant coach(es)

Daniela Fingerhuth

Former coach(es)

Yevgeny Belov (1994-2002)^[1]

Medal record

Pan American Games
	2007 Río de Janeiro	Vault
	2011 Guadalajara	Floor Exercise
	2011 Guadalajara	Vault
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Floor Exercise
	2011 Guadalajara	All-Around
South American Games
	2014 Santiago	Floor Exercise
	2014 Santiago	Vault
	2002 Curitiba	Vault
	2006 Buenos Aires	Floor Exercise
	2010 Medellín	Floor Exercise
	2010 Medellín	All-Around
	2010 Medellín	Vault
	2010 Medellín	Parallel Bars

Enrique Tomás González Sepúlveda (November 22, 1985 in Santiago, Chile^[2]) is a Chilean artistic gymnast, the first of his country to medal at World Cup events, and the first to qualify for a Summer Olympic Games.^[1] He specializes in vault and floor exercises.^[3]

González has won nine medals (four golds, four silvers and one bronze) at World Cup events, five medals (three silvers and two bronzes) at Pan American Games, seven medals (two golds, two silvers and three bronzes) at South American Games^[4]^[5] and one gold medal at the January 2012 London Olympics test event (where he qualified for the Olympics).^[1] He has participated in four World Championships (2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011), finishing seventh in Floor in 2009 and sixth in the same exercise in 2011.^[6]

In April 2011 González was ranked World No. 1 in Floor and Vault for the first time.^[7]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics González finished fourth in the Floor and Vault finals, with a score of 15.366 (out of 16.500) and 16.183 (out of 16.800), respectively. His execution score of 9.383 in Vault was the highest among the eight finalists.^[8]

References

1 2 3 4 Updated: May 3, 3:43p ET. "Tomas Gonzalez bio - Gymnastics News". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
↑ "nacion.cl - El extraño caso de Tomás González". Lanacion.cl. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
↑ "Sitio oficial del gimnasta chileno Tomás González Sepúlveda. Noticias, Perfil, Galería, Videos, Facebook, Twitter. Apoya a Tomás!". Tomasgonzalez.cl. 1985-11-22. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
↑ "Medallas de los chilenos en los Juegos Odesur de Buenos Aires 2006". Cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
↑ "Tomás González cerró su paso por los Juegos Sudamericanos con cuatro medallas". Cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
↑ "Athletes :: Show". Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
↑ "Perfil – Sitio oficial del gimnasta chileno Tomás González Sepúlveda. Noticias, Perfil, Galería, Videos, Facebook, Twitter. Apoya a Tomás!". Tomasgonzalez.cl. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
↑ http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gonzalez-sepulveda-enrique-tomas-1049704/

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