In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Gadea.
| Xavier García | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Xavier García Gadea | ||
| Born |
(1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 40) Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Nationality | Spanish/Croatian | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Handedness | Left | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2003–2005 | Barcelona | ||
| 2005–2006 | CN Terrassa | ||
| 2006–2010 | CN Atlètic-Barceloneta | ||
| 2010–2015 | Primorje Rijeka | ||
| 2015–2021 | VK Jug | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1999–2013 | Spain | ||
| 2016– | Croatia | ||
| Medal record | |||
Xavier García Gadea (born 5 January 1984) is a Spanish-Croatian water polo player. He was a member of the Spain national team between 1999 and 2013, finishing in sixth place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and sixth again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 2003, García, then playing for CN Barcelona-Noferthe, ended up in fifth place with the national side at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in his home town of Barcelona.
Since 2010, García has played in Croatia. After being left out of the Spain national team in 2013, he obtained the Croatian citizenship in 2016 to be able to take part in the Rio Olympics, facing Spain in the group stage.
Honours
CN Barcelona
- LEN Euro Cup: 2003–04
- Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05
- Copa del Rey: 2002–03
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
- Spanish Championship: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Copa del Rey: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Supercopa de España: 2007, 2009, 2010
Primorje Rijeka
- LEN Champions League runners-up: 2011–12, 2014–15
- Adriatic League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Croatian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
VK Jug
- LEN Champions League: 2015–16; runners-up: 2016–17
- LEN Super Cup: 2016
- Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Awards
- Member of the World Team 2018 by total-waterpolo
Orders
See also
- Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- "Xavier García Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "Xavier García, olímpico por Croacia". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Στην κορυφαία επτάδα του κόσμου ο Γιάννης Φουντούλης • Κανάλι Ένα 90.4". Κανάλι Ένα 90.4 (in Greek). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske(in Croatian)
External links
- Xavier García at World Aquatics
- Xavier García at Olympics.com
- Xavier García at Olympedia
- Xavier García at the Croatian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Croatian)
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Water polo players from Barcelona
- Spanish emigrants to Croatia
- Spanish male water polo players
- Croatian male water polo players
- Water polo drivers
- Left-handed water polo players
- Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players for Spain
- Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
- Croatian people of Spanish descent
- Croatian people of Catalan descent
- Naturalized citizens of Croatia
- Sportsmen from Catalonia
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- Expatriate water polo players
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