Alex Fàbregas
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandre Fàbregas Carné |
| Born | 25 October 1980 (age 45) Barcelona, Spain |
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
Medal record | |
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Alexandre "Alex" Fábregas Carne[a] (born 25 October 1980 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish field hockey player who played for the Spain national team as midfielder.
He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] He played club hockey for Real Club de Polo in his hometown of Barcelona.[citation needed]
He was the target of death threats and insults on Twitter during the 2012 Olympic Games after stating that he played for Spain because he "had no other choice".[2]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fábregas and the second or maternal family name is Carne.
References
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- Alexandre Fabregas at London 2012 Olympics (archived)
- Alexandre Fábregas Carne at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived) Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players from Barcelona
- Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish field hockey biography stubs
- Spanish Olympic medalist stubs