Alvaro_Valera

Álvaro Valera

Álvaro Valera

Spanish para table tennis player

Alvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas[lower-alpha 1] (born 16 October 1986[1] in Seville) table tennis player from Spain.[2]

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Personal

In 2012, he lived in Madrid.[2] In 2013, he was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[3]

Table tennis

He played table tennis at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal in Sydney in 2000, the only gold medal in table tennis in Spanish Paralympic history. In 2008, he finished third in the Class 7 men's singles.

In London 2012, he finished second in the Class 6 men's singles and in the team class 6–8 event.[2][4]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valera and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz-Vargas.

References

  1. [1]
    "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  2. [2]
    "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in Spanish). Region Digital. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Retrieved 23 November 2013.


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