Adrián Gavira

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Adrián Gavira
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Personal information
Full nameAdrián Gavira Collado
NationalitySpanish
Born (1987-09-17) September 17, 1987 (age 36)
La Línea de la Concepción, Spain

Adrián Gavira Collado[a] (born 17 September 1987 in La Línea de la Concepción) is a Spanish 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]

Notes

  1. ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gavira and the second or maternal family name is Collado.

References

  1. ^ "Adrian Gavira Collado". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.
  2. ^ "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b "News - Herrera aiming for another Olympic-sized result". rio2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ "News - Alison & Bruno survive scare to advance to Beach quarter-finals". rio2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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Awards
Preceded by Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Top Rookie"
2008
Succeeded by