Friday 14 August 2015

Iván García (diver)

Iván García


Personal information
Full name:Iván Alejandro García Navarro
Nickname(s):Pollo
Born:25 October 1993 (age 21)
GuadalajaraMexico
Residence:GuadalajaraMexico
Height:165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight:47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country: Mexico
Event(s):Diving pictogramDiving 10 m, 10 m synchro
Partner:Germán Sánchez

Iván Alejandro García Navarro (born 25 October 1993) is a Mexican diver.  He is nicknamed "Pollo" ("Chicken").  He competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.He won a silver medal in the 10m Synchronized Platform with his partner Germán Sánchez with a high score of 468.90.  In the individual 10m Platform, García came the 7th with a score of 521.65.[4]
He won two gold medals in both the individual and synchronized 10m Platform in the 2011 Pan-American Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London García won the silver medal in the synchronized 10 metre platform diving, with his partner Germán Sánchez.  At the 2015 Pan American Games, he retained the gold medal in the individual 10m platform back to back.

Technical Features

Iván García is a talented diver who can dive the most difficult dives all over the world. He has mastered a series of the most difficult dives since 2012. The dives which he uses now in the competition and their difficult degrees are respectively 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 Armst and Back 2 Soms 2½ Twists-Free 6245D(3.6).  The total difficult degrees of his dives are amazing 21.9, which is the world's greatest! Iván García is able to dive either the most difficult dive or the second most difficult dive in each of the six diving groups(forward, backward, reverse, inward, twisting and armst and groups). Among these dives,409C is the most difficult dive being used all over the world currently.  In 2012 London Olympic Games, Iván García finished his difficult dives with his partner Germán Sánchez to an almost perfect extent, which awarded them a silver Olympic medal-the best performance of Mexicans in synchronized diving. However, due to the quite difficult dives, he cannot perform perfectly all the time. It is common for him to perform unsteadily.

Competitive history

Iván García has turned to be a professional diver in 2009 in the FINA World Aquatics Championships. From then on, representing Mexico, he has been competing for FINA World Junior Diving Championships, FINA World Aquatics ChampionshipsYouth Olympic GamesOlympic GamesFINA Diving World CupFINA Diving World Series, Pan American Games and Central American and Caribbean Games. He has won many medals of those competitions from 2010.[10] He is an Olympic silver medalist in 2012 and a bronze medalist in YOG(Youth Olympic Games) in 2010. In the FINA Diving World Cup in 2014, he won his first medal in the individual 10m Platform in a world-class competition.  What's more, he has won two gold medals in the Pan American Games in 2011, two gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2010 and 2014.
Competition20082009201020112012201320142015
Olympic Games, 10 m7th
Olympic Games, 10 m (synchro)2nd@
Pan American Games, 10 m1st1st
Pan American Games, 10 m (synchro)1st@4th?
Central American and Caribbean Games, 10 m1st
Central American and Caribbean Games, 10 m (synchro)1st@
Summer Youth Olympics, 10 m3rd
Summer Youth Olympics, 3 m11th
Summer Universiade, 10 m5th
Summer Universiade, 10 m (synchro)3rd@
Summer Universiade, team (men)3rd
FINA World Championships, 10 m7th5th4th
FINA World Championships, 10 m (synchro)8th@7th@4th@2nd@
FINA World Championships, Mixed Team Event6th*
FINA World Junior Diving Championships, Group B, 10 m5th
FINA World Junior Diving Championships, Group A, 10 m10th
FINA Diving World Cup, 10 m3rd
FINA Diving World Cup, 10 m (synchro)7th@2nd@5th@
FINA Diving World Series, Overall Ranking, 10 m10th2nd10th5th
FINA Diving World Series, Overall Ranking, 10 m (synchro)4th@3rd@7th@3rd@#3rd@3rd@
FINA Diving Grand Prix, Overall Ranking, 10 m (synchro)%3rd@2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Qingdao, China, 10 m (synchro)4th@
FINA Diving World Series, Beijing, China, 10 m8th5th8th
FINA Diving World Series, Beijing, China, 10 m (synchro)4th@6th@3rd#3rd@
FINA Diving World Series, Dubai, UAE, 10 m8th5th4th
FINA Diving World Series, Dubai, UAE, 10 m (synchro)7th@4th#2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Moscow, RUS, 10 m5th
FINA Diving World Series, Moscow, RUS, 10 m (synchro)1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Kazan, RUS, 10 m8th
FINA Diving World Series, Kazan, RUS, 10 m (synchro)2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Sheiffield, GBR, 10 m (synchro)4th@
FINA Diving World Series, Edinburgh, GBR, 10 m3rd
FINA Diving World Series, Edinburgh, GBR, 10 m (synchro)3rd@
FINA Diving World Series, London, GBR, 10 m10th4th
FINA Diving World Series, London, GBR, 10 m (synchro)4th@3rd@
FINA Diving World Series, Veracruz, MEX, 10 m (synchro)5th@
FINA Diving World Series, Veracruz, MEX, 10 m (synchro)§2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Guanajuato, MEX, 10 m (synchro)1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Tijuana, MEX, 10 m8th
FINA Diving World Series, Tijuana, MEX, 10 m (synchro)2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m2nd
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m (synchro)1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m3rd
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m (synchro)1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Monterrey, MEX, 10 m4th
FINA Diving World Series, Monterrey, MEX, 10 m (synchro)2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Mérida, MEX, 10 m2nd
FINA Diving World Series, Mérida, MEX, 10 m (synchro)1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Windsor, CAN, 10 m8th8th
FINA Diving World Series, Windsor, CAN, 10 m (synchro)3rd@5th@


Medal Record


Men's diving


Representing Mexico



Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games-1
World Championships-1
World Cup-11
Pan American Games3-
Central American and Caribbean Games2--
Youth Olympic Games--1
Summer Universiade--2


Summer Olympics

Silver: 2012 London - Sync. platform

World Championships

Silver: 2015 Kazan - Sync. platform

FINA Diving World Cup

Silver: 2012 London - Sync. platform
Bronze: 2014 Shanghai - 10 m platform

Pan American Games

Gold: 2011 Guadalajara - 10 m platform
Gold: 2011 Guadalajara - Sync. platform
Gold: 2015 Toronto - 10 m platform

Central American and Caribbean Games

Gold: 2010 Mayaguez - Sync. platform
Gold: 2014 Veracruz - 10 m platform

Youth Olympic Games

Bronze: 2010 Singapore - 10 m platform

Summer Universiade

Bronze: 2013 Kazan - Sync. platform

Bronze: 2013 Kazan - Team




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