Salvador E. Gómez Agüero (born 11 March 1968 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former water polo player from Spain. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Salvador Gómez
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Full nameSalvador E. Gómez Agüero
Born11 March 1968 (1968-03-11) (age 56)
Santander, Spain
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2001 Fukuoka Team competition
FINA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sydney Team competition
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1991 AthensTeam competition
Bronze medal – third place1993 SheffieldTeam competition
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Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Gómez, nicknamed Chava, competed in five Summer Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics – the others are Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and Jesús Rollán.

He made his debut for the national side at the 1987 European Championships in Strasbourg. With the Spanish national team he also won the world title twice, in Perth 1998 and Fukuoka 2001.

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