Daniel Vargas (volleyball)

Daniel Vargas
Daniel Vargas
Personal information
Nationality	Mexican
Born	1 September 1986; Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Spike	340 cm (134 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
College / University	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Volleyball information
Current club	Iraklis Thessaloniki
Number	1
Career
2014, 2016	Pumas UNAM
National team
2014-	Mexico

Daniel Vargas (born 1 September 1986) is a Mexican male volleyball player, a member of Mexico men's national volleyball team, where he played at the Olympic Games 2016 Rio, and at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland.[1] Before joining the national team, Daniel played for Pumas UNAM, while doing his masters and undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[2]

Career

During the summer of 2016, Vargas along with Mexico men's national volleyball team, ended their 48-year absence in the Olympic Games, when they secured the final place at stake for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which took place in their home turf in Mexico City.[3]

Clubs

Pumas UNAM (2014)

References

"Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Mexico". poland2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
"Daniel Vargas Goes to the Olympics". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
"Mexico – Olympic Games". Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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[1] "Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Mexico". poland2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[2] "Daniel Vargas Goes to the Olympics". Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[3] "Mexico – Olympic Games". Retrieved 17 August 2016.