Hugo Arillo Vazquez (born 28 February 2002) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.[1]
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 coronavirus pandemic.[6]
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.[7]
He won the bronze medal in the President Cup in 2023 in Istanbul.[8]
He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Games in Kraków defeating Sayyad Dadashov of Azerbaijan in the final.[10][11] He won the bronze medal at the Manchester Grand Prix in December 2023.[12]
