Pablo Herrera Allepuz[a] (born 29 June 1982, in Castellón de la Plana) is a Spanish beach volleyball player[1] who has represented his country five times at the Olympics.[2][1]
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| Full name | Pablo Herrera Allepuz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Pablo Allepuz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1982 Castelló de la Plana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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In 2004 in Athens, Herrera and Javier Bosma won the silver medal.[2] In the 2008 Olympic tournament, he teamed up with Raúl Mesa and lost in the round of 16.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament, Herrera partnered with Adrián Gavira. The pair lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha.[3] At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to eventual champions from Brazil, Alison Ceruti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt.[4] At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to runner-ups from ROC (Russia), Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, he played yet again with Gavira, but lost in the quarter-finals to Norway.
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Allepuz.
References
edit- ^ a b Pablo Herrera Allepuz at the Beach Volleyball Database
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pablo Herrera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball – Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links
edit- Pablo Herrera at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Pablo Herrera at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Pablo Herrera at Olympedia
- Pablo Herrera at Olympics.com
