Xavier García (water polo)

Xavier García

Personal information

Full name

Xavier García Gadea

Born

5 January 1984 (age 40)
Barcelona, Spain

Nationality

Spanish/Croatian

Height

1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)

Weight

92 kg (203 lb)

Position

Right Wing

Handedness

Left

Senior clubs

Years

Team

2003–2005

2005–2006

2006–2010

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

2010–2015

Primorje Rijeka

2015–2021

National team

Years

Team

1999–2013

2016–

Medal record

Representing Spain

World Championships
	2009 Rome	Team
	2007 Melbourne	Team
European Championship
	2006 Belgrade
Mediterranean Games
	2005 Almería
	2013 Mersin	Team
Representing Croatia
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
World Championship
	2017 Budapest	Team
	2019 Gwanjgu	Team
European Water Polo Championship
	2006 Belgrade	Team

Xavier García Gadea (born 5 January 1984) is a Spanish-Croatian water polo player. He was a member of the Spain national team between 1999 and 2013, finishing in sixth place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and sixth again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1] In 2003, García, then playing for CN Barcelona-Noferthe, ended up in fifth place with the national side at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in his home town of Barcelona.

Since 2010, García has played in Croatia. After being left out of the Spain national team in 2013, he obtained the Croatian citizenship in 2016 to be able to take part in the Rio Olympics, facing Spain in the group stage.^[2]

Honours

CN Barcelona

LEN Euro Cup: 2003–04
Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05
Copa del Rey: 2002–03

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

Spanish Championship: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
Copa del Rey: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
Supercopa de España: 2007, 2009, 2010

Primorje Rijeka

LEN Champions League runners-up: 2011–12, 2014–15
Adriatic League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15
Croatian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

VK Jug

LEN Champions League: 2015–16; runners-up: 2016–17
LEN Super Cup: 2016
Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Awards

Member of the World Team 2018^[3] by total-waterpolo

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2016 ^[4]

See also

References

^ "Xavier García Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ "Xavier García, olímpico por Croacia". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Στην κορυφαία επτάδα του κόσμου ο Γιάννης Φουντούλης • Κανάλι Ένα 90.4". Κανάλι Ένα 90.4 (in Greek). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske(in Croatian)

External links

Xavier García at World Aquatics
Xavier García at Olympics.com
Xavier García at the Croatian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Croatian)
Xavier García at Olympedia

Spain squads

v t e Spain men's water polo squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Rollán (C, GK) 2 Andreo (GK) 3 Pedrerol 4 Marcos 5 Molina 6 García 7 Hernández 8 I. Moro 9 Ballart 10 Gómez 11 Pérez 12 Sánchez 13 D. Moro Coach: Jané

v t e Spain men's water polo squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 I. Aguilar (GK) 2 M. García 3 Martín 4 R. Perrone 5 Molina 6 Minguell 7 Gallego 8 Piralkov 9 Vallès 10 F. Perrone 11 Pérez (C) 12 X. García 13 Andreo (GK) Coach: R. Aguilar

v t e Spain men's water polo squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 I. Aguilar (GK) 2 M. García 3 Martín 4 Szirányi 5 Molina (C) 6 Minguell 7 Mallarach (LH) 8 Español 9 Vallès 10 Perrone 11 Pérez 12 X. García 13 López (GK) Coach: R. Aguilar

Croatia squads

v t e Croatia men's water polo squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Pavić (C, GK) 2 Burić 3 Petković 4 Lončar 5 Joković (LH) 6 Bukić 7 Macan 8 Bušlje 9 Sukno 10 Krapić 11 Šetka 12 García (LH) 13 Bijač (GK) Coach: Tucak

v t e Croatia men's water polo squad – 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Gold medal (2nd title)
1 Bijač (GK) 2 Macan 3 Fatović 4 Lončar 5 Joković 6 Buljubašić 7 Vukičević 8 Bušlje 9 Sukno (C) 10 Krapić 11 Šetka 12 García 13 Marcelić (GK) Coach: Tucak

v t e Croatia squad – 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship – Bronze medal
1 Bijač (GK) 2 Macan 3 Fatović 4 Lončar 5 Joković 6 Buljubašić 7 Vukičević 8 Bušlje 9 Miloš 10 Pavlović 11 Šetka 12 García 13 Marcelić (GK) Coach: Tucak

v t e Croatia men's water polo squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Bijač (GK) 2 Macan 3 Fatović 4 Lončar 5 Joković (LH) 6 Bukić 7 Vukičević 8 Bušlje (C) 9 Miloš 10 Vrlić 11 Obradović 12 García (LH) 13 Marcelić (GK) Coach: Tucak

Club squads

v t e Jug Croatia Osiguranje 2015–16 LEN Champions League champions
1 Bijač (c) 2 Macan 3 Fatović 4 Lončar 5 Joković 6 García 7 Marković 8 Vrlić 9 Bautović 10 Perrone (Final Six MVP) 11 Benić 12 Obradović 13 Popadić Head coach: Kobešćak

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