Iván García (diver)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Navarro.
Iván García
Personal information
Full nameIván Alejandro García Navarro
NicknamePollo
Born (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 31)
Guadalajara, Mexico
Home townGuadalajara
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
SpousePaola Espinosa
Sport
Country Mexico
Event(s)Diving pictogramDiving 10 m, 10 m synchro
ClubJalisco
PartnerKevin Berlín
Former partnerGermán Sánchez
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Mexico
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - 1 -
World Championships - 1 –
World Cup - 2 1
Pan American Games 4 1 –
Central American and Caribbean Games 4 - -
Youth Olympic Games - - 1
Summer Universiade - - 2
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 10 m synchro
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 10 m synchro
FINA Diving World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 10 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Shanghai 10 m platform
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 10 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 10 m platform
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 10 m synchro
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore 10 m platform
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Team

Iván Alejandro García Navarro (born 25 October 1993) is a Mexican diver.[1] He is nicknamed "Pollo" ("Chicken").[2] 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.[3] 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.[5] At the 2015 Pan American Games, he retained the gold medal in the individual 10m platform back to back. In Rio 2016 he finished 10th on the individual platform.[6]

Technical Features

Iván García is a talented diver who can perform 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 4+1⁄2 Somersaults-Tuck 109C(3.7), Back 3+1⁄2 Somersaults-Tuck 207C(3.3), Reverse 3+1⁄2 Somersaults-Tuck 307C(3.4), Inward 4+1⁄2 Somersaults-Tuck 409C(4.1), Forward 2+1⁄2 Somersaults 3 Twists-Pike 5156B(3.8) and Armstand Back 2 Soms 2+1⁄2 Twists-Free 6245D(3.6).[7] The total difficult degrees of his dives is 21.9, which is the highest in the world.[citation needed] 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 armstand groups). Among these dives, 409C is the most difficult dive being used around the world currently.[8] In 2012 London Olympic Games, Iván García and his partner Germán Sánchez placed second in the synchronized platform—the best performance of Mexicans in synchronized diving. However, due to the difficulty of his dives, he cannot perform perfectly all the time.[citation needed]

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,[9] FINA World Aquatics Championships, Youth Olympic Games, Olympic Games, FINA Diving World Cup, FINA Diving World Series,[10] Pan American Games and Central American and Caribbean Games. He has won many medals of those competitions from 2010.[11] 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.[12] What's more, he has won two gold medals in the Pan American Games in 2011, four gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2010, 2014, and 2018.

Competition 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018
Olympic Games, 10 m 7th 10th
Olympic Games, 10 m (synchro) 2nd@ 5th@
Pan American Games, 10 m 1st 1st
Pan American Games, 10 m (synchro) 1st@ 4th?
Central American and Caribbean Games, 10 m 1st 1st[permanent dead link‍]
Central American and Caribbean Games, 10 m (synchro) 1st@ 1st^[permanent dead link‍]
Summer Youth Olympics, 10 m 3rd
Summer Youth Olympics, 3 m 11th
Summer Universiade, 10 m 5th
Summer Universiade, 10 m (synchro) 3rd@
Summer Universiade, team (men) 3rd
FINA World Championships, 10 m 7th 5th 4th
FINA World Championships, 10 m (synchro) 8th@ 7th@ 4th@ 2nd@
FINA World Championships, Mixed Team Event 6th*
FINA World Junior Diving Championships, Group B, 10 m 5th
FINA World Junior Diving Championships, Group A, 10 m 10th
FINA Diving World Cup, 10 m 3rd 9th
FINA Diving World Cup, 10 m (synchro) 7th@ 2nd@ 5th@ 12th@
FINA Diving World Series, Overall Ranking, 10 m 10th 2nd 10th 5th 14th
FINA Diving World Series, Overall Ranking, 10 m (synchro) 4th@ 3rd@ 7th@ 3rd@# 3rd@ 3rd@ 7th@
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 m 8th 5th 8th
FINA Diving World Series, Beijing, China, 10 m (synchro) 4th@ 6th@ 3rd# 3rd@
FINA Diving World Series, Dubai, UAE, 10 m 8th 5th 4th
FINA Diving World Series, Dubai, UAE, 10 m (synchro) 7th@ 4th# 2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Moscow, RUS, 10 m 5th
FINA Diving World Series, Moscow, RUS, 10 m (synchro) 1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Kazan, RUS, 10 m 8th 9th
FINA Diving World Series, Kazan, RUS, 10 m (synchro) 2nd@ 6th@
FINA Diving World Series, Sheiffield, GBR, 10 m (synchro) 4th@
FINA Diving World Series, Edinburgh, GBR, 10 m 3rd
FINA Diving World Series, Edinburgh, GBR, 10 m (synchro) 3rd@
FINA Diving World Series, London, GBR, 10 m 10th 4th
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 m 8th
FINA Diving World Series, Tijuana, MEX, 10 m (synchro) 2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m 2nd
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m (synchro) 1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m† 3rd
FINA Diving World Series, Guadalajara, MEX, 10 m (synchro)† 1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Monterrey, MEX, 10 m 4th
FINA Diving World Series, Monterrey, MEX, 10 m (synchro) 2nd@
FINA Diving World Series, Mérida, MEX, 10 m 2nd
FINA Diving World Series, Mérida, MEX, 10 m (synchro) 1st@
FINA Diving World Series, Windsor, CAN, 10 m 8th 8th 8th
FINA Diving World Series, Windsor, CAN, 10 m (synchro) 3rd@ 5th@

@with Germán Sánchez
#with Zuñiga Adan

?with Jonathan Ruvalcaba
*with Arantxa Chávez

^with Andreas Isaac Villarreal
§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.

References

  1. ^ "Diver Profile: Ivan Garcia". divemeets.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Athlete Overview: Ivan Garcia Navarro". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ "LONDON 2012 DIVING,SYNCHRONIZED DIVING 10M PLATFORM MEN-FINAL". Official website of the Olympic Movement. 30 July 2012.
  4. ^ "LONDON 2012 DIVING,10M PLATFORM MEN-FINAL". Official website of the Olympic Movement. 12 August 2012.
  5. ^ Booth, Robert (11 August 2012). "Tom Daley bounces back to reach Olympic Games individual diving final". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  6. ^ "¡México es plata en clavados!". Sportspedia México. Sportspedia México. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ "FINA/NVC DIVING WORLD SERIES 2015-Beijing, CHN". 15 March 2015.
  8. ^ "DIVING RULES" (PDF). Official website of FINA. FINA. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Aachen 2008 - Boys 10M RESULTS (ARCHIVES)". Official website of FINA. FINA. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  10. ^ "HistoFINA-DIVING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). Official website of FINA. FINA. 31 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ "HistoFINA-DIVING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). Official website of FINA. FINA. 31 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
  12. ^ "19th FINA Diving World Cup 2014 - Shanghai (CHN)-RESULTS". Official website of FINA. FINA. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.