Adrián Gavira

Adrián Gavira
Personal information
Full name Adrián Gavira Collado
Nationality Spanish
Born (1987-09-17) September 17, 1987
Cadiz, Spain
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Spain
World Tour
2013 Berlin Beach
European Championships
2013 Klagenfurt Beach

Adrián Gavira Collado (born 17 September 1987 in Cadiz) is a Spanish male beach volleyball player.[1] He currently plays with Pablo Herrera. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha.[2]

In 2016, the Gavira and Herrera partnership won one gold and one bronze on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.[3] At the 2016 Olympics, they qualified from the pool stages, but were drawn against the Brazilian team of Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt in the round of 16.[3] The Brazilians were the number one seeds and World Champions going into the match, and beat the Spanish pair despite a tight first set.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Adrian Gavira Collado". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02.
  2. ↑ "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 "News - Herrera aiming for another Olympic-sized result". rio2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  4. ↑ "News - Alison & Bruno survive scare to advance to Beach quarter-finals". rio2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
Awards
Preceded by
 Igor Kolodinsky (RUS)		 Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Top Rookie"
2008		 Succeeded by
 Ruslans Sorokins (LAT)


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