Vicente_Grau_Juan

Vicente Grau Juan

Vicente Grau Juan

Professional Valencian pilota player

Vicente Grau Juan (born 6 April 1968 in València) is a professional Valencian pilota player known as Grau. He plays mainly Escala i corda matches and is one of the best mitgers (midfield) playing for the ValNet company, due to his fast and strong ball-strikes (bot-de-braç and volea), he has been the first mitger who won the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa, a competition for dauers. He has been a recurrent member of the Valencian Pilota Squad, attaining many prizes, specially the "World's best player" twice.[1][2]

Trophies

  • Winner of the Campionat Professional de Galotxa 1990 and 1991
  • Winner of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1993
  • Runner-up of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1991
  • Winner of the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 2000
  • Runner-up of the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 1996 and 1997

Handball International Championships

  • Winner of the 5 Nations Llargues Championship, València 1993
  • Winner of the European Llargues Championship, Imperia (Italy) 1999
  • Winner of the Llargues World Championship, València 1996
  • Winner of the Llargues World Championship, Maubeuge (France) 1998
  • Winner of the Llargues World Championship, València 2000
  • Winner of the International game World Championship, Netherlands 2001
  • Runner-up of the Llargues European Championship, Netherlands 2001
  • Best World player, Maubeuge (France) 1998
  • Best World player, Imperia (Italy) 1999

References

  1. [1]
    "Grau". ValNet Pilota (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  2. [2]
    "El trinquete que se transformó en plató". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2010.
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