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)
Medal record
Table tennis
Competitor for  Spain
Paralympic Games
2012 London Class 6 singles
2012 London Team class 6–8
2008 Beijing Class 7 singles

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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