Germán Sánchez

Germán Sánchez (2016)
Personal information
Full name	Germán Saúl Sánchez Sánchez
Nickname	Duva
Born	(1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (age 33) Guadalajara,Mexico
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Event(s)	Diving 10 m, 10 m synchro
Partner	Iván García
Medal record Men'sdiving Representing Mexico Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games - 2 – World Championships - 1 – World Cup - 1 - Pan American Games 1 - – Central American and Caribbean Games 2 - - Summer Universiade - - 2 World Junior Championships - 1 - Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m platform 2012 London Sync. platform World Championships 2015 Kazan Sync. platform FINA Diving World Cup 2012 London Sync. platform Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Sync. platform Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 10m platform 2010 Mayagüez Sync. platform 2023 San Salvador Sync. platform Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Sync. platform 2013 Kazan Team FINA World Junior Diving Championships 2010 Tucson 10m platform

Germán Saúl Sánchez Sánchez (born 24 June 1992) is a Mexican diver.^[1] He is nicknamed "Duva". At the age of 16, he competed in the Men's individual 10m platform at the2008 Summer Olympics and came in 22nd.^[2] He won one gold medal in the 2011Pan-American Games. At the2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal in the synchronized 10m platform with his partnerIván García.^[3] In the individual 10m platform, Sánchez came 14th.^[4] In 2016, Sánchez took part in his third Olympic Games inRio de Janeiro,Brazil, where he came 5th in the synchronized 10m platform, again alongsideIván García.^[5] Twelve days later, Sánchez won the silver medal in individual 10m platform.^[6] and 9th in the semi-final.^[7][8] He became the third Mexican athlete to win an Olympic silver medal in Men's individual 10m platform afterJoaquín Capilla (1952) andÁlvaro Gaxiola (1968). He was the only Mexican diver who had won Olympic medals in both individual and synchronized events until Osmar Olvera did it in Paris 2024.

Sánchez is a talented diver who has mastered a series of the most difficult dives since 2012. The dives which he uses now in the competition and their degrees of difficulty are: Forward 4½ Somersaults-Tuck 109C (3.7), Back 3½ Somersaults-Tuck 207C (3.3), Reverse 3½ Somersaults-Tuck 307C (3.4), Inward 4½ Somersaults-Tuck 409C (4.1), Forward 2½ Somersaults 3 Twists-Pike 5156B (3.8) and Armstand Back 3 Somersaults-Tuck 626C (3.3).^[9] The total degree of difficulty of his dives is 21.6, which is the world's third greatest following Iván García(MEX) and Yang Jian(CHN).^{[citation needed]} Of his dives, 409C is the most difficult.^[10] However, due to the high level of difficulty, he cannot perform the dives perfectly all the time. It is common for him to perform unsteadily.^{[citation needed]}

Sánchez took part in his first Olympic Games at the2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 16. He only participated in the individual 10m platform. The six dives he performed were respectively 5253B, 207C, 307C, 6142D, 407C, and 109C. The total degree of difficulty was only 19.9, which was not enough to be competitive. As a result, he was eliminated after the qualifying round with a score of 399.35 and a final ranking of 22nd.^[11]

Sánchez qualified to participate in both the individual and synchronized 10m platform at the2012 Summer Olympics with his performance at the2012 FINA Diving World Cup where he achieved the silver medal alongsideIván García. This time, the dives he performed were much more competitive than those of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The six dives they performed in the synchronized 10m platform were 401B, 201B, 109C, 409C, 307C, 5156B. They performed all of their dives almost perfectly, coming in second with a score of 468.90, 17.88 points behind Chinese diversCao Yuan andZhang Yanquan.^[11]

In the individual event, the six dives Sánchez performed were 207C, 5156B, 626C, 409C, 307C, 109C. The total degree of difficulty was 21.5, however due to a poor performance in the dive 626C, he was eliminated after the semi-final, ranked 14th.^[11]

At the age of 24, Sánchez participated in his third Olympic Games -2016 Summer Olympics. He was qualified to participate in both individual and synchronized 10m platform withIván García. In the synchronized 10m platform, their dives were different from those at2012 Summer Olympics. Their six dives were 401B, 301B, 5255B, 109C, 207C, and 5156B. Without 409C, their total difficult degrees were 18.4, which was still the highest in that competition. They ended up in 5th place, afterChen Aisen/Lin Yue (CHN),David Boudia/Steele Johnson (USA),Thomas Daley/Daniel Goodfellow (GBR), andPatrick Hausding/Sascha Klein (GER).

Twelve days later, Sánchez dived in the final of the individual 10m platform, after ranking only 12th in the preliminary^[6] and 9th in the semi-final.^[7] Due to injury, he adjusted his dives and the overall degree of difficulty was reduced to 20.7. In contrast to his sub-par performances in the preliminary and semi-final rounds, he performed every dive steadily and won the silver medal with a high score of 532.70.^[8]

Sánchez became a professional diver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. From then on, he has been representingMexico FINA World Junior Diving Championships,^[12]FINA World Aquatics Championships,Olympic Games,FINA Diving World Cup,FINA Diving World Series,^[13]Pan American Games andCentral American and Caribbean Games. He has won many medals from these competitions since 2010.^[14] He has won one gold medal in thePan American Games in 2011, as well as Olympic silver medals in London 2012 (synchronized) and Rio 2016 (individual).^[15]

^@withIván García
^#withAlejandra Orozco

^*with Alejandro Islas Arroyo
^§Veracruz, MEX held two legs of 2010 FINA Diving World Series.
^† Guadalajara, MEX held two legs of 2013 FINA Diving World Series.
^% With different pairs.

• 1992 births
• Mexican male divers
• Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
• Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic divers for Mexico
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in diving
• Olympic silver medalists for Mexico
• Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
• Pan American Games divers for Mexico
• Living people
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
• Pan American Games gold medalists in diving
• Summer World University Games medalists in diving
• Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
• Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Mexico
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in diving
• Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
• 21st-century Mexican sportsmen

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