Ángel López (rugby union)

Ángel López
Full nameÁngel López Vázquez
Date of birth (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthMadrid
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2017 Spain 4 (0)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2012-2017 Spain 7s 34

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Vázquez.

Ángel López Vázquez (born 16 January 1992 in Madrid) is a Spanish rugby sevens player. He competed for Spain 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He also was part of the team that won the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.[3][4]

He debuted for Spain in a match against Russia in 2012.

He has completed his studies in Medicine and currently works as an ophthalmologist at Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid.

References

  1. ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". Sky Sports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  2. ^ "LOPEZ Angel". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  3. ^ "Spain keep faith with repechage heroes for Rio". World Rugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016: Spain qualify for Olympic sevens rugby with dramatic win over Samoa". BBC.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.