What almost everyone knows about Hugo
- Hugo is a Brazilian table tennis player, currently #7 in the world ranking.
- Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1996, Hugo began practicing table tennis at 8.
- At the age of 14, he left his hometown to live in São Caetano do Sul and practice with the Brazilian National Team.
- In 2013, Hugo became the youngest player to ever win a leg of the ITTF World Tour and the first player to win a singles title on the ITTF Junior Circuit and on the ITTF World Tour in the same year.
- In 2014, he made history by winning the Bronze medal at the Youth Olympic Games in China. It was the first medal for Brazilian table tennis in an Olympic competition.
- Hugo is three times Latin American champion and three times Pan American champion.
- Hugo plays for Ochsenhausen in the first division of the Bundesliga. He played for the German team from 2014 to 2021, and returned in 2023.
- Hugo played for five-time European champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg in the 2021/22 season.
- Hugo signed with four-time national champion Kinoshita Meister Tokyo to play the 2022/23 season of the T-League, the Japanese table tennis league.
- Hugo is a sports fanatic and in his free time he enjoys playing basketball, tennis and watching sports on TV.
- Hugo can solve the Rubik’s cube in 9 seconds on average.
What very few people know about Hugo
- At 4, Hugo self-taught to read and write, but what really excited him was to be challenged by his parents to do mental calculations. He concentrated for a few seconds and came up with the answer, which was always correct!
- From 10 to 12 years-old, Hugo participated in regular competitions of volleyball and track and field. He was drafted to the state team.
- Hugo has a collection of over 70 cubes in different shapes and sizes.
- Hugo is a vegetarian.
- Hugo speaks seven languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, German, Mandarin, French and Italian.
- Hugo knows the capital of every country in the world.
Main results
2024
- Fourth place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
- Gold medalist at the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana
- Gold medalist at the WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro
- Silver medalist at the WTT Champions Incheon
- Silver medalist at the WTT Star Contender Goa
- Gold medalist singles and silver medalist mixed doubles at the Pan American Championships
2023
- Silver medalist at the 2022-23 T-League
- Gold medalist at the WTT Contender Doha
- Gold medalist at the WTT Contender Durban
- Bronze medalist at the WTT Grand Smash Singapore
- Bronze medalist at the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Championships, Cuba
- Gold medalist at the WTT Contender Muscat
- Gold medalist singles and teams and silver medalist doubles at the Pan American Games, Chile
2022
- Gold medalist at the WTT Contender Tunis
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Championships, Chile
2021
- Bronze medalist at the WTT Cup Finals
- Fifth place at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Championships, Peru
- Gold medalist at the WTT Star Contender Doha
- Fifth place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
- Silver medalist at the 2020-21 Pokal Cup
2020
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Cup, Puerto Rico
- Silver medalist at the 2019-20 Bundesliga
- Silver medalist at the 2019-20 Pokal Cup
2019
- Bronze medalist singles at the ITTF World Tour Austrian Open
- Bronze medalist singles at the ITTF World Tour Czech Open
- Gold medalist singles and doubles and bronze medalist teams at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Cup, Puerto Rico
- Gold medalist at the 2018-19 Bundesliga
- Gold medalist at the 2018-19 Pokal Cup
2018
- Bronze medalist singles at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
- Gold medalist at the Brazilian Championships
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Cup, Paraguay
- Silver medalist singles at the ITTF World Tour Qatar Open
- Bronze medalist singles at the ITTF World Tour Hungary Open
- Silver medalist at the 2017-18 Bundesliga
2017
- Bronze medalist singles and doubles at the ITTF World Tour Czech Open
- Gold medalist at the Pan American Championships, Colombia
- Gold medalist singles and doubles at the ITTF World Tour Brazil Open
- Silver medalist doubles at the ITTF World Tour Hungary Open
2016
- Gold medalist doubles at the ITTF World Tour Sweden Open
- Silver medalist at the ITTF World Tour Austria Open
- Ninth place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- Gold medalist at the Latin American Cup, Guatemala
- Gold medalist at the ITTF World Tour Kuwait Open U-21
- Gold medalist singles and teams at the Latin American Championships, Puerto Rico
2015
- Gold medalist singles and teams at the Pan American Games
- Gold medalist singles and teams at the Latin American Championships, Argentina
- Silver medalist doubles at the ITTF World Tour Qatar Open
2014
- Bronze medalist at the Youth Olympic Games, China
- Silver medalist at the ITTF Grand Finals U-21
- Gold medalist at the ITTF World Tour Japan Open U-21
- Gold medalist at the Brazilian Championships
- Gold medalist singles at the Latin American Championships, Dominican Republic
2013
- Gold medalist singles and teams at the Brazil Junior Open
- Gold medalist at the ITTF World Tour Brazil Open
- Silver medalist at the Polish Junior Open
2012
- Gold medalist singles, teams and doubles at the Brazil Junior Open
- Gold medalist singles, teams and doubles at the Mexico Junior Open
- Gold medalist at the Polish Junior Open
- Gold medalist singles, teams and doubles at the Argentina Junior Open
- Gold medalist singles, teams and doubles at the South American Junior Championships, Argentina
- Bronze medalist at the Global Cadet Challenge, Puerto Rico
2011
- Brazilian Junior Champion
- Gold medalist singles and teams at the Latin American Cadet Championships, Peru
- Gold medalist singles, teams and doubles at the Argentina Junior Open
2010
- South and Latin American Cadet champion