Salvador Gómez (water polo)
Salvador E. Gómez Agüero (born 11 March 1968 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former water polo player from Spain. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Full name | Salvador E. Gómez Agüero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1968 (age 52) Santander, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Gómez, nicknamed Chava, competed in five Summer Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics – the others are Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and Jesús Rollán.
He made his debut for the national side at the 1987 European Championships in Strasbourg. With the Spanish national team he also won the world title twice, in Perth 1998 and Fukuoka 2001.
See also
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
External links
- Salvador Gómez at International Olympic Committee
- Salvador Gómez at Olympic Channel
- Salvador Gómez at Olympedia