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Full name | Pedro Francisco García Aguado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1968-12-09) 9 December 1968 (age 56) Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Water polo player Television personality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1980–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo (1980–2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedro Francisco García Aguado (born 9 December 1968) is a Spanish former water polo player and TV personality.
He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Games, he was on the side that won the silver medal. In total, García competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.
After his retirement from sports, he has had a successful second career in TV, coming back into the public conscience on Cuatro reality show Hermano mayor. After presenting other shows on the Mediaset network, he moved to Atresmedia, before becoming Director of Youth for the Community of Madrid. In 2024, he won the reality show Supervivientes.
Biography
Early life and sporting career
Born in Madrid in 1968, he is the youngest of three brothers. His parents divorced when he was 12. His older brothers were swimmers, and he did the same in his youth. Later, he turned to water polo for the school for which he played in Madrid, Mariano García. In 1986, he moved to Barcelona aged 17 with other successful water polo athletes from Madrid with a view to the 1992 Olympics, to be held in Barcelona. He resided in the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Sant Cugat del Vallès with other Spanish sports stars, and later the Residencia Joaquín Blume in Esplugues de Llobregat.
He played for the national team 565 times, including at four Olympic Games from 1988 until 2000. He became an Olympic champion with the Spanish team in 1996 and runner-up at home in 1992, as well as world champion in 1998 and runner-up twice in 1991 and 1994.
He played for six national clubs and won a total of seven national titles and six cups. He also won the LEN Cup, one LEN Cup Winners' Cup and two LEN Super Cups. In 2001, he was named the best player in Spain.
TV career
After his retirement, García Aguado went into TV presenting. His first and biggest success was the reality show Hermano mayor on Cuatro, where he served as a mediator between teenagers and families in conflict. This led him to present El campamento, the Spanish version of Brat Camp, and in 2015 became a judge on Telecinco talent show Levántate.
In September 2015, he swapped to Atresmedia to host documentary series Cazadores de trolls on LaSexta. It was broadcast in 2017, along with La Isla, which returned for a second series in 2020. In November 2018, he left the network after his contract was not renewed.
In 2018, he was given the Professional Merit award from the Diario de Mediación for his work on Hermano mayor.
In 2019, he became the Director-General of Youth for the Community of Madrid, appointed by mayor Isabel Díaz Ayuso having supported her in the election campaign, saying "I can't quite believe it, I'm very surprised and thankful to Ayuso and Ossorio." He left the position in February 2020, saying that he would be more helpful closer to affected families.
In 2023, he was a surprise guest on Gran Hermano VIP, joining as a fake housemate. In 2024, he joined the cast of Supervivientes, and eventually won the series. He has since stayed with Telecinco's reality shows, joining the cast of chat show Fiesta and was a guest on the Gran Hermano reboot.
Filmography
Television
Year | Programme | Channel | Role |
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2009-2015 | Hermano mayor | Cuatro | Presenter |
2010-2011 | El campamento | ||
2014-2015 | En la caja | ||
2015 | Levántate | Telecinco | Judge |
2017 | Cazadores de trolls | LaSexta | Presenter |
Eso que te ahorras | Antena 3 | ||
2017-2020 | La Isla | LaSexta | |
2020 | Desde hoy un año | Antena 3 | |
2023 | Así es la vida | Telecinco | Collaborator |
La última noche | |||
Gran Hermano VIP | Fake housemate | ||
2024 | Supervivientes | Contestant (1st place) | |
2024-present | Fiesta | Collaborator | |
2024 | Gran Hermano |
See also
- Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- García Aguado, Pedro. "Pedro García Aguado | Sobre mí" [Pedro García Aguado - About me]. Pedro García Aguado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Canto, Patricia (2019-08-28). "Pedro García Aguado es elegido director general de juventud en Madrid". Diario de Mediación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- Collado, Belén (2019-08-27). "Pedro García Aguado, de 'Hermano mayor', nombrado director general de Juventud del gobierno de Díaz Ayuso" [Pedro García Aguado, from "Hermano mayor", named Director-General of Youth of the Díaz Ayuso government]. FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- "Pedro García Aguado, de 'Hermano Mayor' a director general de Juventud en Madrid" [Pedro García Aguado, from "Hermano Mayor" to Director-General of Youth in Madrid]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- "Programas de tv, series y televisión en Cuatro.com" [Pedro Garcia Aguado, from "Hermano Mayor" to new director of youth for Ayuso]. Cuatro (in Spanish). 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- País, El; EP (2020-02-07). "Dimite Pedro García Aguado como director general de Juventud de la Comunidad". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- Martiarena, Asier (2020-02-07). "Dimite Pedro García Aguado como director general de Juventud de Madrid" [Pedro García Aguado resigns as director-general of Youth of Madrid]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Tapiador, Rubén Rodríguez (2023-09-18). "'GH VIP 8' desvela a Pedro García Aguado como el concursante infiltrado: "Tienes fecha de salida"" ['GH VIP 8' unveils Pedro García Aguado as the infiltrating contestant: "You have a departure date"]. FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- Donda Merino, Sandra (2024-06-19). "Pedro García Aguado gana 'Supervivientes 2024': "Voy a ayudar a mucha gente con este premio"" [Pedro García Aguado wins Supervivientes 2024: "I'm going to help a lot of people with this prize"]. Telecinco (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - García de Paz, Icíar (2024-12-11). "Así es la nueva vida de Pedro García Aguado tras 'Supervivientes 2024': colaborador en televisión y con grandes proyectos" [This is Pedro García Aguado's new life after Supervivientes 2024: collaborator on TV and with great projects]. infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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External links
- Pedro García Aguado at World Aquatics
- Pedro García Aguado at Olympics.com
- Pedro García Aguado at Olympedia
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- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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