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Adrián Gavira

Adrián Gavira

Spanish beach volleyball player

Adrián Gavira Collado[lower-alpha 1] (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]

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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. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gavira and the second or maternal family name is Collado.

References

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