Dennis González was named the best Catalan athlete of 2024. The Rubin native shone at the European Championships in Belgrade, where he won three gold medals in technical singles, technical mixed duet, and free mixed duet. He also won two silver medals at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, one in free singles and the other in free mixed duet. However, his sporting successes had a dark side. "When I was European champion, most of the comments I received were insults. I had won a gold medal and everything was negative. It was a very difficult time. I was angry. They labeled me without knowing me, and they gave more importance to that than to the sporting success I had just achieved," he says.