Pablo Herrera (beach volleyball)
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Full name | Pablo Herrera Allepuz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pablo Allepuz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Castelló de la Plana | 29 June 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pablo Herrera Allepuz[a] (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]
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. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, he played yet again with Gavira, but lost in the quarter-finals to Norway.
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Allepuz.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pablo Herrera Allepuz at the Beach Volleyball Database
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball – Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1982 births
- Living people
- Spanish beach volleyball players
- Men's beach volleyball players
- Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Spain
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Sportspeople from Castellón de la Plana
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics