Juan Fernández La Villa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is la Villa.

Juan Fernández
Personal information
Full nameJuan Fernández la Villa
Born4 June 1985 (1985-06-04) (age 39)
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lahore Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Auckland Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Manchester Team

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]

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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