Álvaro Valera

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Valera and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz-Vargas.
Alvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986
Seville
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Table tennis (class 7)

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

Personal

In 2012, he lived in Madrid.[1] In 2013, he was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[2]

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.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. "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.
  3. "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
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