Gilberto González (triathlete)
{{Short description|Venezuelan triathlete (born 1970)}}
{{family name hatnote|González|Parra|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox triathlete
|birth_date=December 15, 1970
|birth_place= Caracas, Venezuela
| show-medals=yes
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's Triathlon}}
{{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1999 Winnipeg | Individual Race}}
{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2002 San Salvador | Individual Race}}
}}
Gilberto Carlos González Parra (born December 15, 1970, in Caracas, Distrito Capital) is a triathlete from Venezuela.
González competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-seventh place with a total time of 1:52:13.03.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/gilberto-gonzalez-1.html |title=Gilberto González |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926022851/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/gilberto-gonzalez-1.html |archivedate=26 September 2011 }} Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, González again competed. He placed thirty-sixth with a time of 1:59:12.20. González won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg (Canada) in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/gilberto_gonzalez/|title=Gilberto Gonzalez Profile Page|publisher=International Triathlon Union|accessdate=11 August 2010}}
He has taught mathematics in the University of the Andes (ULA) since 1996, and has an Msc degree in applied mathematics from ULA.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} He has a doctorate in applied mathematics from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV){{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}.
Career achievements
=Major results=
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;1995
:35th Elite Overall 1995 Cancun ITU Triathlon World Championships
;1997
:20th Elite Overall 1997 Stockholm ITU Triathlon World Cup
:6th Elite Overall 1997 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup
:7th Elite Overall 1997 Perth ITU Triathlon World Championships
;1998
:1st Elite Overall 1998 Cancun ITU Triathlon World Cup
:1st Elite Overall 1998 Noosa ITU Triathlon World Cup
:10th Elite Overall 1998 Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Cup
:15th Elite Overall 1998 Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup
:17th Elite Overall 1998 Auckland ITU Triathlon World Cup
;1999
:Gold medalist at 1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games.
:5th Elite Overall 1999 Noosa ITU Triathlon World Cup
:6th Elite Overall 1999 Corner Brook ITU Triathlon World Cup
:8th Elite Overall 1999 Cancun ITU Triathlon World Cup
:3rd Elite Overall 1999 Margarita Island PATCO Triathlon South American Championships
:15th Elite Overall 1999 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Cup
;2000
:2nd Elite Overall 2000 Toronto ITU Triathlon World Cup
:3rd Elite Overall 2000 Corner Brook ITU Triathlon World Cup
:12th Elite Overall 2000 Rio de Janeiro ITU Triathlon World Cup
:37th 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
;2001
:1st Elite Overall 2001 Bogota ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:1st Elite Overall 2001 Guatemala ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:12th Elite Overall 2001 St. Petersburg ITU Triathlon World Cup
:27th 2001 Toronto ITU Triathlon World Cup
;2001
:1st Elite Overall 2001 Bogota ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:1st Elite Overall 2001 Guatemala ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:12th Elite Overall 2001 St. Petersburg ITU Triathlon World Cup
:17th Elite Overall 2001 Cancun ITU Triathlon World Cup
:27th Elite Overall 2001 Toronto ITU Triathlon World Cup
;2002
:2nd Elite Overall 2002 La Paz ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:2nd Elite Overall 2002 Rincon ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:4th Elite Overall 2002 Boston ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:14th Elite Overall 2002 St. Petersburg ITU Triathlon World Cup
:20th Elite Overall 2002 Makuhari ITU Triathlon World Cup
;2003
:1st Elite Overall 2003 Bogota ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:2nd Elite 2003 Margarita Island PATCO Triathlon South American Championships
:3rd Elite Overall 2003 Amatique ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:12th Elite Overall 2003 Santo Domingo Pan American Games
:20th Elite Overall 2003 Corner Brook ITU Triathlon World Cup
;2004
:1st Elite Overall 2004 Rincon ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:3rd Elite 2004 Valle de Bravo ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:15th Elite Overall 2004 Corner Brook ITU Triathlon World Cup
:36th Elite Overall 2004 Athens Olympic Games
:40th Elite Overall 2004 Mazatlan ITU Triathlon World Cup
;2005
:1st Elite Overall 2005 Panama ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:4th Elite Overall 2005 Bogota PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships
:7th Elite Overall 2005 Rincon ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
;2006
:1st Elite Overall 2006 Bogota ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:2nd Elite Overall 2006 Lecheria ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
:45th Elite Overall 2006 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Championships
;2007
:24th Elite Overall 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games
;2011
:43rd Elite Overall 2011 Guatape ITU Triathlon World Cup
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References
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{{Footer Pan American Champions Triathlon Men}}
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Category:Venezuelan male triathletes
Category:Olympic triathletes for Venezuela
Category:Triathletes at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Triathletes at the 2003 Pan American Games
Category:Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Triathletes at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Sportspeople from Caracas
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
Category:Pan American Games medalists in triathlon
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
Category:Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in triathlon
Category:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games