Xavier García (water polo)

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Xavier García Gadea (born 5 January 1984) is a Spanish-Croatian water polo player. He was a member of the Spain national team between 1999 and 2013, finishing in sixth place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and sixth again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1] In 2003, García, then playing for CN Barcelona-Noferthe, ended up in fifth place with the national side at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in his home town of Barcelona.

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Xavier García
Personal information
Full name Xavier García Gadea
Born (1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 41)
Barcelona, Spain
Nationality Spanish/Croatian
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position Right Wing
Handedness Left
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2005
Barcelona
2005–2006
CN Terrassa
2006–2010
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2010–2015
Primorje Rijeka
2015–2021
VK Jug
National team
Years Team
1999–2013
Spain
2016–
Croatia
Medal record
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2009 RomeTeam
2007 MelbourneTeam
European Championship
2006 Belgrade
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería
2013 MersinTeam
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2017 BudapestTeam
2019 GwanjguTeam
European Water Polo Championship
2006 BelgradeTeam
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Since 2010, García has played in Croatia. After being left out of the Spain national team in 2013, he obtained the Croatian citizenship in 2016 to be able to take part in the Rio Olympics, facing Spain in the group stage.[2]

Honours

CN Barcelona

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

Primorje Rijeka

VK Jug

Awards

  • Member of the World Team 2018[3] by total-waterpolo

Orders

See also

References

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