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.
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| Full name | Alexandre Fàbregas Carné | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1980 (age 44) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fábregas and the second or maternal family name is Carne.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Fábregas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "London 2012: Spain hockey star targeted by online death threats". The Guardian. 7 August 2012.
External links
edit- Alex Fábregas at Olympedia
- Alex Fabregas at Olympics.com
- Alexandre Fabregas at London 2012 Olympics (archived)
- Alexandre Fábregas Carne at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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