Liliana Fernández Steiner[a] (born 4 January 1987) is a Spanish beach volleyball player.[1] As of 2012, she plays with Elsa Baquerizo. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 by the Italians Greta Cicolari and Marta Menegatti.[2]
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| Full name | Liliana Fernández Steiner | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lili | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1987 Alicante, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Professional career
editWorld tour 2016
editThe silver medal went to Elsa and Liliana at the Long Beach, California Grand Slam[3][4] where they lost to April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings in straight sets of (21-16, 21-16)[5]
Personal life
editBorn in Spain, Fernández is of German descent through her maternal grandparents. Her mother was born in Croatia.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Steiner.
References
edit- ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "London 2012 – Women's Beach Volleyball – R16". Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Team Profile
- ^ 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
- ^ Long Beach Grand Slam 2016 | 24 - 28 August 2016
- ^ ""Mi abuela ha sobrevivido a la Guerra Civil, a la Segunda Guerra Mundial y ahora al Covid-19"".
External links
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Media related to Liliana Fernández at Wikimedia Commons
- Liliana Fernández at FIVB.com
- Liliana Fernández at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Liliana Fernández at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Liliana Fernández at Olympedia (archive)
- Liliana Fernández at Olympics.com
- Liliana Fernández at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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