I’m not Ruben Garcia or Reuben Rodriguez. I’m Ruben “Speedy” Gonzalez, Olympic luge

Ruben Speedy Gonzalez Olympic Luge

Ruben “Speedy” Gonzalez

I have one of those names that no one seems to remember and that hardly anyone spells correctly.

People call me Ruben Garcia, Ruben Rodriguez, Ruben Fernandez and any other Spanish name you can think of. I’m a professional speaker and when people READ my introduction, they STILL get it wrong.

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And even when they get my name right, they typically misspell it, because there’s a bunch of ways to spell Ruben - Reuben, Rubin, Robin, etc. and Gonzalez - Gonzales, Goncalves (Portuguese spelling). So there’s at least 12 different wrong combinations and as a result, I’ve noticed that people get my name right AND spell it right about once every 2 years.

Even if they get and spell my name right, they usually get my nationality wrong. Even though in my motivational speech I talk about being born in Argentina, and talk about how in Argentina everyone plays soccer, eats a lot of beef, and drinks a lot of wine, for some reason, 10 minutes after my presentations, everyone thinks I was born in either Venezuela or Mexico!

To top it off, I compete in the men’s luge. Luge is a French word that means sled. Most people can’t spell the word luge or pronounce it. They want to spell it “looge,” and when they introduce me, half of the time they say it “loogie.” Yeah sure, I ride a loogie on the ice at high speeds…

And when I tell people I’m a luger, sometimes they think I said that I’m a loser! Now THAT can lead to some interesting conversations. I guess I’m just a born luger…

Can you see why I’m starting to feel like the Rodney Dangerfield of the Olympics?

So here’s how you remember who I really am…

I’m Ruben “Speedy” Gonzalez, the meat-eating, soccer-playing, wine-drinking born luger from Argentina!

Make it an Olympic Day and Chase your dream.

 

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