# Gilberto González (triathlete)

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. 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.
He has taught mathematics in the University of the Andes (ULA) since 1996, and has an Msc degree in applied mathematics from ULA. He has a doctorate in applied mathematics from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).

## 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