Juancho Miguel Besana
{{Short description|Filipino artistic gymnast}}
{{Philippine name|Eserio|Besana}}
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Juancho Miguel Eserio Besana (born August 18, 2003) is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 SEA Games champion on vault as well as the 2024 Pacific Rim vault bronze medalist.
Early life
Besana was born in Pasig in 2003 to mother Maru Eserio and father Junn Besana.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=72525|title=FIG Profile: Juancho Miguel Besana|work=International Gymnastics Federation}} He has been friends with fellow Filipino gymnasts Carlos Yulo and John Ivan Cruz since childhood.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/filipino-gymnast-carlos-yulo-future-gold-olympics-world-championships|title=Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo – from solo artist to boy group leader|date=October 6, 2023|work=International Olympic Committee}}
Gymnastics career
= 2022 =
Besana competed at the postponed 2021 Southeast Asian Games where he helped the Philippines win silver as a team.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.ph/the-31st-sea-games-highlights|title=The 31st SEA Games Highlights|date=May 25, 2022|work=Philippine Olympic Committee}} Individually he won bronze on vault behind compatriot Carlos Yulo and Tikumporn Surintornta of Thailand.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/05/17/2021-southeast-asian-games-mens-results/|title=2021 Southeast Asian Games Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 17, 2022}} At the 2022 Asian Championships Besana finished twenty-third in the all-around and helped the Philippines finish ninth as a team.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/06/21/2022-asian-championships-mens-results/|title=2022 Asian Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=June 21, 2022 }}
= 2023 =
In early 2023, Besana competed at the Cottbus World Cup where he finished eighth on vault.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.net.ph/2023/02/25/yulo-besana-make-heads-turn|title=Yulo, Besana make heads turn|date=February 25, 2023|work=Daily Tribune}} At the 2023 Southeast Asian Games Besana once again helped the Philippines win silver. Individually he won gold on vault.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/carlos-yulo-grabs-two-more-medals-artistic-gymnastics-sea-games|title=Carlos Yulo grabs two more medals on final day of artistic gymnastics at SEA Games 2023|date=May 9, 2023|work=International Olympic Committee}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/othersports/869446/gymnastics-juancho-miguel-besana-wins-gold-in-vault-carlos-yulo-claims-silver-in-still-rings/story/|title=Gymnastics' Juancho Miguel Besana wins gold in vault, Carlos Yulo claims silver in still rings|date=May 9, 2023|work=GMA Network}} In June Besana competed at the 2023 Asian Championships where he helped the Philippines finish seventh as a team and individually he finished twenty-third in the all-around and qualified to the vault final. During the vault final he finished eighth.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2023/06/22/2023-asian-championships-mens-results/|title=2023 Asian Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=June 22, 2023}}
Although Besana had qualified as an individual to compete at the 2023 World Championships,{{cite web|url=https://malaya.com.ph/news_sports/double-duty-for-besana/|title=Double duty for Besana|date=July 3, 2023|work=Malaya}} he opted instead to compete at the postponed 2022 Asian Games. While there, he only competed on vault where he finished tenth during qualifications and was the second reserve for the final.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2023/09/30/2022-asian-games-mens-results/|title=2022 Asian Games Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=September 30, 2023}}
= 2024 =
Besana competed at the Doha World Cup but finished nineteenth on vault during qualifications and did not advance to the final. In April, he competed at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships. While there, he helped the Philippines finish sixth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and qualified to the floor exercise, pommel horse, vault, and horizontal bar event finals.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/29/2024-pacific-rim-championships-mens-results/|title=2024 Pacific Rim Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 29, 2024}} During event finals, he won bronze on vault.{{cite web|url=https://malaya.com.ph/news_sports/colombia-performance-bodes-well-for-ph-gymnastics/|title=Colombia performance bodes well for PH gymnastics|date=May 1, 2024|work=Malaya}}
Competitive history
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| rowspan="2" | 2022 | align=left | Southeast Asian Games | {{silver2}} | 9 | {{bronze3}} | 5 | 4 | |||
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| align=left|Asian Championships | 9 | 23 | |||||||
| rowspan="4"|2023 | align=left | Cottbus World Cup | 8 | |||||||
| align=left | Southeast Asian Games | {{silver2}} | 6 | {{gold1}} | 4 | |||||
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| align=left | Asian Championships | 7 | 23 | 8 | ||||||
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| align=left | Asian Games | {{abbreviation|R2|Besana was the second reserve for the final}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2024 | |||||||||
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| align=left | Asian Championships | 6 | 14 | 4 | ||||||
| align=left | Pacific Rim Championships | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | {{bronze3}} | 8 |
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Pasig
Category:Filipino male artistic gymnasts
Category:Asian Games competitors for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines
Category:Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games
Category:SEA Games medalists in gymnastics