Juan Fernández La Villa

Juan Fernández la Villa (born 4 June 1985) is a former Spanish field hockey player who played for the Spain national team. He played club hockey for Club de Campo in Madrid and was a member of the Spanish National Team that claimed the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.[1]

Juan Fernández
Personal information
Full nameJuan Fernández la Villa
Born4 June 1985 (1985-06-04) (age 38)
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2004 LahoreTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 AucklandTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2007 ManchesterTeam

He also competed for the national team in the men's tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

He studied for a degree in Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid.

References

  1. "Juan Fernandez". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008.
  2. "London 2012 Olympics". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Fernández". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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