Alvaro Galan Floria (born January 28, 1977, in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

) is a boccia player from

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. He has a physical

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: He has

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and is a BC2 type athlete. He competed at the

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. He was on the BC1/BC2 team from Spain. His team finished second. In the first - second finish game, South Korea finished first by a score of 7–6.

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