Pablo Herrera (beach volleyball)

Pablo Herrera Allepuz[lower-alpha 1] (born 29 June 1982, in Castellón de la Plana) is a Spanish beach volleyball player[1] who has represented his country five times at the Olympics.[2][1]

Pablo Herrera
Herera at the 2012 Olympics.
Personal information
Full namePablo Herrera Allepuz
NicknamePablo Allepuz
NationalitySpanish
Born (1982-06-29) 29 June 1982
Castelló de la Plana
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Beach
FIVB World Tour
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Berlin Beach
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Moscow Beach
Gold medal – first place 2013 Klagenfurt Beach

In 2004 in Athens, Herrera and Javier Bosma won the silver medal.[2] In the 2008 Olympic tournament, he teamed up with Raúl Mesa and lost in the round of 16.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament, Herrera partnered with Adrián Gavira. The pair lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha.[3] At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to eventual champions from Brazil, Alison Ceruti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt.[4] At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to runner-ups from ROC (Russia), Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy.

Sponsors

Swatch

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Allepuz.

References

  1. Pablo Herrera Allepuz at the Beach Volleyball Database
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pablo Herrera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. "Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball – Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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