2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero

  • Position Fly/IM
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Highschool Jumeirah English Speaking School

Biography

Career Accolades:
  • All-American
  • 2025 SEC Startup Finalist 
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2023-24 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 & 2024 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2022-23 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2024-25 (Senior)
Regular Season
  • Competed in four dual meets and two Invitationals 
  • Raced in 14 events and earned six top-five finishes 
  • Swam a 1:43.72 in the 200y fly and a 1:45.86 in the 200y IM at the Florida Inviational on Feb. 27-Mar. 1
  • Earned second in the 200y fly after recording a season-best 1:45.29 in the Gators last regular season dual meet against FSU on Jan. 31
  • Placed fifth in the 200y fly (1:50.11) and eighth in the 200y IM (1:54.56) in Florida's home meet against Indiana on Jan. 3
  • Raced in four events in the Gators first-place finish at the Georgia Fall Invitational on Nov. 20-22… Claimed third in the 200y IM (1:44.76), seventh in the 400y IM (3:46.79) and 12th in the 200y fly (1:46.78)... Recorded a 1:36.26 split as the third leg for Florida's 800y free relay team who finished sixth with an overall time of 6:24.89
  • Finished fifth in the 200y fly (1:49.37) and sixth in the 400y IM (3:57.34) in the Gators road win at Georgia on Nov. 1
  • Tied for first in the 200m IM (1:57.63), earned second in the 200m fly (1:56.26) and was a member of the 200m medley relay team who placed seventh (1:38.67 / 24.64) in Florida's season-opener win at Virginia on Oct. 18
2023-24 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned his first All-American honor in the 400 IM
  • Competed in the 200 Fly, 200 IM and 400 IM
  • Clocked a personal-best 3:41.22 in the 400 IM for 16th
  • Finished 24th in the 200 Fly and 28th in the 200 IM
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championships winning team
  • Competed in the 200 Fly, 200 IM and 400 IM
  • Earned one bronze medal
  • Individually scored 65 points
  • Set two personal-bests in the 200 Fly (1:41.33) and 200 IM (1:42.07)
  • Took home the bronze medal in the 200 IM, while claiming fourth in the 200 Fly and 15th in the 200 IM
Regular Season
  • Competed in three Dual Meets and one Invitational
  • Participated in 10 events during the regular season
  • Individually placed in the top-3 five times
  • Earned second in the 200 fly, while claiming third in the 200 IM in Florida’s last dual meet of the season verse FSU (1/26)
  • Won both of his events (200 Fly and 400 IM) against South Carolina (1/5)
  • Finished second in the 200 fly in Florida’s home opener against Virginia (10/13)
2022-23 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in two individual events
  • Finished 25th in the 200 IM with a personal-best 1:43.05
  • Clocked a personal-best 3:41.99 in the 400 IM to finish 17th
  • Posted a top-10 finish in the 200 fly with a 1:41.62
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Silver medalist in the 200 fly, swimming a personal-best 1:41.37
  • Placed fourth in the 200 IM, clocking a 1:43.09
  • Went 3:46.59 to finish 14th in the 400 IM
  • Swam a career-best 1:34.81 in the 200 free time trial
Regular Season
  • Won the 200 fly at the Georgia Fall Invitational with a time of 1:42.30
  • Secured first in the 200 fly in the win over Tennessee
2021-22 (Freshman)
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Had career-best swims with a 1:45.03 to finish 14th in the 200 IM and a 3:46.49 to finish 17th in the 400 IM
  • Touched the wall in a career-best 1:43.14 in the 200 fly to finish ninth
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 IM, 200 fly, and 400 IM
Regular season
  • Won the 200 IM in the win over FAU and at the Auburn University Invite
  • Notched a career-best 1:46.27 in the 200 back at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
Career-Best Times at Florida:
200 Freestyle 1:34.81 SEC Championships February 18, 2023
100 Butterfly 49.52 vs. FAU January 13, 2023
200 Butterfly 1:41.33 SEC Championships February 23, 2024
200 Backstroke 1:46.27 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational November 20, 2021
100 Breaststroke 58.54 vs. FAU January 13, 2023
200 IM 1:42.07 SEC Championships February 21, 2024
400 IM 3:41.22 NCAA Championships March 29, 2024
Prior to Florida
  • Competed at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships
  • Multiple Senior and Junior National Record Holder
  • Won multiple national championship titles
  • Two-time United Arab Emirates (UAE) Athlete of the Year
Personal
Graduted Summer 2025 with Bachelor's degree in Food and Resource Economics

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    IM
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    IM
  • 2023-24Junior

    IM
  • C

    2024-25Senior

    Fly/IM
    5'11"
    C