Adrián Gavira
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 Gavira at the 2012 Olympics. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Adrián Gavira Collado | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 17, 1987 Cadiz, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
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Adrián Gavira Collado (born 17 September 1987 in Cadiz) is a Spanish male beach volleyball player.[1] He currently plays with Pablo Herrera. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha.[2]
In 2016, the Gavira and Herrera partnership won one gold and one bronze on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.[3] At the 2016 Olympics, they qualified from the pool stages, but were drawn against the Brazilian team of Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt in the round of 16.[3] The Brazilians were the number one seeds and World Champions going into the match, and beat the Spanish pair despite a tight first set.[4]
References
- ↑ "Adrian Gavira Collado". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02.
- ↑ "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- 1 2 "News - Herrera aiming for another Olympic-sized result". rio2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "News - Alison & Bruno survive scare to advance to Beach quarter-finals". rio2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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Preceded by Igor Kolodinsky (RUS) |
Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Top Rookie" 2008 |
Succeeded by Ruslans Sorokins (LAT) |
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