Pablo Herrera (beach volleyball)

Pablo Herrera Allepuz[lower-alpha 1] (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 Summer Olympics.[2][3] In 2004 in Athens, he 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.[4] 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.[5] At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to runner-ups from ROC (Russia), Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy.

Pablo Herrera
Herera at the 2012 Olympics.
Personal information
Full namePablo Herrera Allepuz
NicknamePablo Allepuz
NationalitySpanish
Born (1982-06-29) 29 June 1982
Castellón de la Plana
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Beach
FIVB World Tour
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Berlin Beach
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Moscow Beach
Gold medal – first place 2013 Klagenfurt Beach

Sponsors

Swatch

Notes

  1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Allepuz.

References

  1. Pablo Herrera – Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
  2. 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.
  3. Pablo Herrera – Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
  4. "MEN – MATCH SCHEDULE/RESULTS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. "Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball – Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.


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