Adrián Gavira

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]

Adrián Gavira
Gavira at the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Personal information
Full nameAdrián Gavira Collado
NationalitySpanish
Born (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987
La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Spain
World Tour
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Berlin Beach
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Klagenfurt Beach

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. "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. "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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