Salvador Gómez (water polo)

Salvador Gómez (water polo)

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Born	11 March 1968
Medal record Men's water polo Competitor for  Spain Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Team competition Silver 1992 Barcelona Team competition FINA World Cup Bronze 1999 Sydney Team competition

Salvador E. Gómez Agüera (born 11 March 1968 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former water polo player from Spain. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Gómez, nicknamed Chava, competed in five Summer Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics - the others are Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and Jesús Rollán.

He made his debut for the national side at the 1987 European Championships in Strasbourg. With the Spanish national team he also won the world title twice, in Perth 1998 and Fukuoka 2001.

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

External links

• Profile on Athens 2004-website

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Name	Gomez, Salvador
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Date of birth	11 March 1968
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