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Miguel Ángel Falasca
Miguel Ángel Falasca Fernández (29 April 1973 – 22 June 2019) was an Argentine-born Spanish professional volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Spain national team from 1993 to 2009, a participant in the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, and the 2007 European Champion. Personal life Falasca was born in Mendoza, Argentina. His grandfather came from Italy. His father Juan Carlos was a retired volleyball player from Argentina, and his mother was a native Spaniard. At the age of 16, due to the unstable economic situation in Argentina, the Falasca family decided to move to Spain. Miguel, his parents, sister Mariel and his younger brother Guillermo, were sent to Málaga first, and then to the Canary Islands. He was married to Esther Custodio. They had two children - his daughter called Sara (2004) and his son Daniel (2002). Death On 21 June 2019 Falasca was at the wedding of his friend and assistant of the Saugella Monza club in Italy, when he felt ill and went to his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza (, ), officially the City of Mendoza ( es, Ciudad de Mendoza) is the capital of the province of Mendoza in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza had a population of 115,041 with a metropolitan population of 1,055,679, making Greater Mendoza the fourth largest census metropolitan area in the country. Ruta Nacional 7, the major road running between Buenos Aires and Santiago, runs through Mendoza. The city is a frequent stopover for climbers on their way to Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the Western and Southern Hemispheres) and for adventure travelers interested in mountaineering, hiking, horse riding, rafting, and other sports. In the winter, skiers come to the city for easy access to the Andes. Two of the main industries of the Mendoza area are olive oil production and Argentine wine. The region around Greater Mendoza is the largest win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men's European Volleyball League
The Men's European Volleyball League is a continental volleyball competition senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). Created in 2004, the competition serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIVB World League (until 2017) and to its successor the FIVB Nations League since 2018. This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious, continental competition for European national volleyball teams, the European Volleyball Championship. Results summary Medals summary MVP by edition *2004 – Petr Pláteník *2005 – Pavel Abramov *2006 – Guido Görtzen *2007 – Guillermo Falasca *2008 – Martin Sopko *2009 – Jochen Schöps *2010 – Valdir Sequeira *2011 – Tomas Kmet *2012 – Emre Batur *2013 – Bram Van den Dries *2014 – Miloš Ćulafić *2015 – Dejan Vinčič *2016 – Robert Täht *2017 – Maksym Drozd *2018 – Renee Teppan *2019 – Arslan Ekş ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Málaga
Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most populous in Spain. It lies on the Costa del Sol (''Coast of the Sun'') of the Mediterranean, about east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about north of Africa. Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in Europe and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. According to most scholars, it was founded about 770BC by the Phoenicians as ''Malaka'' ( xpu, 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤀, ). From the 6th centuryBC the city was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage, and from 218BC, it was ruled by the Roman Republic and then empire as ''Malaca'' (Latin). After the fall of the empire and the end of Visigothic rule, it was under Islamic rule as ''Mālaqah'' ( ar, مالقة) for 800 years, but in 1487, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Falasca
Guillermo Falasca Fernández (born October 24, 1977) is a Spanish volleyball player born in Argentina. Falasca became topscorer and best server at the 2005 European League, in which Spain ended up in third place in the overall-rankings. And he was a member of South Korean Gumi LIG Insurance Greaters in the V-League 2007–08 season. A resident of Málaga he was a member of the Men's National Team that won the 2007 European title in Moscow, Russia. He has two daughters, Alessia Falasca (2006) and Martina Falasca (2010). References Guillermo Falasca Fernandezat the International Volleyball Federation External links * Guillermo Falascaat Lega Pallavolo Serie A Lega may refer to: Geography * Lega (river) in Poland * Lega, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province * Lega, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, town in north Poland * Lega, an earlier name for Street, Somerset, a village in England People * Lega (su ... 1977 births Living people Spanish men's volleyball players Arge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish language, Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Spain, Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish People
Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance ethnic group native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official throughout the whole country. Commonly spoken regional languages include, most notably, the sole surviving indigenous language of Iberia, Basque, as well as other Latin-descended Romance languages like Spanish itself, Catalan and Galician. Many populations outside Spain have ancestors who emigrated from Spain and share elements of a Hispanic culture. The most notable of these comprise Hispanic America in the Western Hemisphere. The Roman Republic conquered Iberia during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Hispania, the name given to Iberia by the Romans as a province of their Empire, became highly acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball Player
This is a list of top international volleyball players. A * Foluke Akinradewo * Carolina Albuquerque * Todor Aleksiev * Ana Ida Alvares * Thiago Soares Alves * Dante Amaral * Andrea Anastasi * Matt Anderson * Stéphane Antiga * Halina Aszkiełowicz * Aleksandar Atanasijević * Décio de Azevedo * Wilavan Apinyapong * Odina Bayramova B * Ballu * Lloy Ball * Petya Barakova * Michele Baranowicz * Michelle Bartsch-Hackley * Andrea Bari * Zbigniew Bartman * Abdul Basith * Christina Bauer * Michał Bąkiewicz * Bronisław Bebel * Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza * Sarra Belhocine * Regla Bell * Izabela Bełcik * Edwin Benne * Alaina Bergsma * Lorenzo Bernardi * Franco Bertoli * Mateusz Bieniek * Emanuele Birarelli * Peter Blangé * Grzegorz Bociek * Dante Boninfante * Marco Bonitta * Rob Bontje * Ryszard Bosek * Tijana Bošković * Ron Boudrie * Camila Brait * Georgi Bratoev * Valentin Bratoev * Aleksa Brđović * Hanna Busz * Rafał Buszek * Wanna Buakaew C * Fille Saint Merc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, in 1956. Sydney was selected as the host city for the 2000 Games in 1993. Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports programme. The Games' cost was estimated to be A$6.6 billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge. The 2000 Games were the last of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking country fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement (which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain Men's National Volleyball Team
The Spain men's national volleyball team is the national team of Spain. The team in 2007 won the Men's European Volleyball Championship, European Championship, which is the most notable result achieved by the team to date. Results Olympic Games World Championship World Cup European Championship World League European League Mediterranean Games *Volleyball at the 1975 Mediterranean Games, 1975 — Seventh place *Volleyball at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, 1979 — Sixth place *Volleyball at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, 1983 — Sixth place *Volleyball at the 1987 Mediterranean Games, 1987 — Gold medal *Volleyball at the 1991 Mediterranean Games, 1991 — bronze medal *Volleyball at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, 1993 — Silver medal *Volleyball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, 2001 — Fifth place *Volleyball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, 2005 — Silver medal *Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, 2009 — Silver medal *Volleyball at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2009 Mediterranean Games
Medalists Standings Men's Competition Women's Competition References 2009 in volleyball Sports at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Volleyball at the Mediterranean Games International volleyball competitions hosted by Italy, Mediterranean Games {{Volleyball-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The Mediterranean Games ...
Volleyball has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1959 for men and since the year 1975 for women . The Italy men's national volleyball team are the most successful men's team and also the Italy women's national volleyball team is the most successful team for women. Men's tournaments Men's medals summary Women's tournaments Women's medals summary All-time medal table See also *Volleyball at the Summer Olympics *Volleyball at the Summer Universiade References External links Mediterranean Games - Men's Volley ball (goalzz.com)Mediterranean Games - Women's Volley ball (goalzz.com) {{Mediterranean Games Sports V Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
