Eber Sanhueza

Last updated
Eber Sanhueza
Personal information
Born (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 25)
Puerto Montt, Chile [1]
Education Andrés Bello National University [2]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCD Nauticos Estrella Blanca [2]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Lwt double sculls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Lwt double sculls
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Barranquilla Lwt double skulls
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Barranquilla Quadruple skulls

Eber Sanhueza Rojas (born 23 April 1998) is a Chilean rower who competed in the men's lightweight double skulls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Career

Sanhueza was set to compete at the 2016 World Championships, but he was pulled from the competition to replace an injured Chilean teammate at the 2016 World U23 Championships, placing tenth in the coxless four event. [3]

At the 2018 South American Games, he won a gold medal in the lightweight double skulls with Felipe Cárdenas and a silver medal in the quadruple skulls with Cárdenas, César Abaroa, and Bernardo Guerrero. [4]

Sanhueza began competing with Abaroa in the lightweight double skulls event in 2017. [5] They finished seventh at the 2017 World U23 Championships, [6] and improved to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 edition. [7] The pair placed 20th at the 2018 World Championships in Bulgaria, [8] then won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru. [9]

In March 2021, Sanhueza and Abaroa finished second in the lightweight double skulls event at the American Olympic Qualification Regatta, securing Chile's boat in the event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. [10] A few days later the Chilean Rowing Federation selected the duo ahead of Felipe Cárdenas, who also finished second in his single skulls race, for the Olympic slot. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peru at the Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Peru at the Pan American Games. The Peruvians had participated in all editions of the games, except in 1955 in Mexico City. They have won a total of 19 gold medals, 40 silver and 90 bronze and 149 overall counting the 2019 Panamerican Games in Lima.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomás González (gymnast)</span> Chilean artistic gymnast

Enrique Tomás González Sepúlveda 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. He specializes in vault and floor exercises.

Athletics at the 2009 Bolivarian Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico Patria in Sucre, Bolivia, between November 22–26, 2009. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women. In total, 7 games records were set or equaled.

Underwater sports, for the 2013 Bolivarian Games, took place from 17 November to 29 November 2013. The three sports chosen for these Games were finswimming, free-diving and spearfishing. The two free-diving events was contested at the Sports complex Mansiche's pool. The long distance finswimming was held at Salaverry. Spearfishing events were held in waters north of the island of San Lorenzo located to the west of Callao.

Juan Pablo Barcia Alonso is a Spanish disability rower, powerlifter and wheelchair basketball player. He has won Spanish national championships in powerlifting. He has also represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in rowing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Salazar (footballer, born 1999)</span> Chilean footballer

David Andrés Salazar Bustamante is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Unión San Felipe in the Primera B de Chile.

Alonso Ignacio Medel Araya is a Chilean badminton player. In 2016, he won the Chile International tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Diego Castillo and the runner-up in mixed doubles event partnered with Mickaela Skaric. He represented his country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolás Guerra</span> Chilean footballer (born 1999)

Nicolás Bastián Guerra Ruz is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean Primera División side Universidad de Chile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denil Maldonado</span> Honduran footballer (born 1998)

Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a defender for Romanian Liga I club Universitatea Craiova, on loan from Liga Nacional club Motagua, and the Honduras national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marileidy Paulino</span> Dominican Republic sprinter

Marileidy Paulino is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. Paulino took silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At these competitions, she earned also silver and gold in the mixed 4×400 m relay respectively, running legs of 48.7 s in 2021 and 48.47 s in 2022. Since May 2023, Paulino is the 400 m ranked world No. 1.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yasmani Acosta</span> Cuban Chilean wrestler (born 1988)

Yasmani Acosta Fernández is a Cuban-born naturalized Chilean Greco-Roman wrestler who currently competes at 130 kilograms. Acosta qualified Chile for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the gold medal from the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament. Competing for Chile since 2017, he has claimed the 2018 South American Games gold medal, prestigious bronze medals from the 2017 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games and has also become a two–time Pan American Continental Championship medalist, earning silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018. Competing for his native Cuba, Acosta most notoriously became the 2011 Pan American champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Romero (wrestler, born 1997)</span> Chilean wrestler

Carlos Eduardo Romero Millaqueo is a Chilean freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 70 kilograms. Romero is a two–time medalist of the Pan American Continental Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chile at the 2020 Summer Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Chile competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Wilbur</span> Panama rower

Joseph Wilbur is a Panamanian rower. He participated in the 2019 U23 World Championships and 2019 Junior World Championships. He competed at the 2021 Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He earned a bronze medal at the 2021 South American Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaac Carrasco</span> Chilean footballer (1928-2004)

Isaac Carrasco Rivas was a Chilean footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucía Yépez</span> Ecuadoran freestyle wrestler

Lucía Yamileth Yépez Guzman is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Karen Macarena Roco Aceituno is a Chilean canoeist. She is commonly known in her country to compete alongside María José Mailliard, with whom she has been interviewed or referenced multiple times.

Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez is a Mexican Paralympic swimmer.

Rowing competitions at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia were held from 25 to 27 June 2022 at Ciénaga de Zapatosa in Chimichagua, a sub-venue outside Valledupar.

Manuel Ignacio López Urzúa is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender for clubs in Chile and Mexico.

References

  1. ↑ "Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio: Remero Eber Sanhueza representará a Puerto Montt". Diario de Puerto Montt (in Spanish). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Eber Sanhueza". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ↑ González Rodríguez, Viviana (26 December 2012). "El año en que Eber Sanhueza logró consolidarse en el remo". Soy Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Arellano, Daniel (8 June 2018). "Revisa las 132 medallas obtenidas por Chile en los Juegos Sudamericanos de Cochabamba 2018". El Deportero (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Esparza, Samuel (12 March 2021). "César Abaroa: "Cuando era un niño tenía el sueño de ir a unos JJOO y estoy cerca de cumplirlo"". Diario Concepción. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "César Abaroa y Eber Sanhueza ganaron la Final B de remo par ligero en el Mundial sub 23". Al Aire Libre (in Spanish). 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Arellano, Daniel (29 July 2018). "César Abaroa y Eber Sanhueza obtuvieron el cuarto lugar en el Mundial Sub 23 de Remo". El Deportero (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Finaliza participación de Nacionales en Plovdiv Bulgaria 2018" (in Spanish). Federación Chilena de Remo. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Remero puertomontino Eber Sanhueza logró medalla de bronce en los Panamericanos de Lima 2019". Diario de Puerto Montt (in Spanish). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Rosenbladt, Oli (8 March 2021). "Latin & South American Crews Qualify for Tokyo in Covid-Shortened Rio Qualifier". Row2k. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Castillo, Juan Carlos (10 March 2021). "Federación Chilena de Remo definió que el bote doble masculino tendrá el cupo a los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". ADN Radio Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.