Álvaro Valera

Alvaro Valera
Personal information
Full nameAlvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas
NationalitySpanish
Born (1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 (age 42)
Seville
Sport
Country Spain
SportTable tennis (class 7)
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Class 8 singles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Río Class 6 singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Class 6 singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team class 6–8
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Class 7 singles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team class 6–7

Alvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas[a] (born 16 October 1986[1] in Seville) table tennis player from Spain.[2]

Personal

In 2012, he lived in Madrid.[2] In 2013, he was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[3]

Table tennis

He played table tennis at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal in Sydney in 2000, the only gold medal in table tennis in Spanish Paralympic history. In 2008, he finished third in the Class 7 men's singles.

In London 2012, he finished second in the Class 6 men's singles and in the team class 6–8 event.[2][4]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valera and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz-Vargas.

References

  1. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  2. ^ a b c "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. ^ "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in Spanish). Region Digital. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Retrieved 23 November 2013.


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