Álvaro Navarro Serra ( Faura, 1973), simply known as Álvaro, is one of the main

Valencian pilota Valencian pilota ( ca-valencia, pilota valenciana "Valencian ball") is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known. Rules variations within the generic ''Pilota Valenciana'' category are frequent fr ...

professional players. He is one of the most reputed ''dauers'' due to his strong left hand and his professionality, and has got to be a member of the

Valencian Pilota Squad The Valencian Pilota Squad are the Valencian pilota professional or amateur players chosen to take part in the Handball International Championships representing Spain, even though all of them are Valencians and they use the Valencian flag This is ...

. Now he is one of the stars of the

ValNet ValNet is an association of Valencian pilota professional players. In 2005 the retired ''pilotaris'' Alfred Hernando ( ''Fredi''), Daniel Ribera ( ''Ribera II'') and the trinquet owner Emili Peris, joined to create a brand new company that profes ...

company. Álvaro began playing

Galotxa Galotxa () is a variety of Valencian pilota, pilota that is always played in the street, whether artificial or natural, practiced mostly in the northern counties of the Xúquer river. In the evolution of the various Valencian pilota forms, Galotxa ...

variant, but he is mostly known by his

Escala i corda Escala i corda (, "stairs and rope") is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one apart from raspall to have professional players. History The "Escala i corda" variant began around 1910, when the player Nel de Murla s ...

career, where he is the absolute ruler, both in

Circuit Bancaixa The Circuit Bancaixa (; "Bancaixa League"), officially Liga Profesional Escala i Corda, is the professional league of Valencian pilota. Circuit Bancaixa name is taken from its main sponsor, the Valencian Savings bank CaixaBank. During the period ...

teams and in

Trofeu Individual Bancaixa The Trofeu Individual Bancaixa () "Bancaixa one-on-one trophy") is the Escala i corda singles league played by Valencian pilota professionals and promoted by the Bancaixa bank. Statistics {{clear Relevant facts about the ''Trofeu Individual ...

one-on-one matches. On 2001 Álvaro led the

in the European Championship hold in the

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, where the Valencians won the frontó and

International game The International game ( ca-valencia, joc internacional, ) is a ball game that is related to many sports derived from and similar to Jeu de paume. It is played in the Handball International Championships by teams from the Americas and Europe. Hi ...

. He has also tripped to the Basque Country to play against renowned Basque pilotaris such as Agirre. On October 9, 2005, Álvaro was awarded with the Golden Medal for Sports efforts by Francesc Camps, the president of the

Generalitat Valenciana The Generalitat Valenciana is the generic name covering the different self-government institutions under which the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia is politically organized. It consists of seven institutions including the ''Corts Valen ...

Trophies

* Winner of the Trofeu el Corte Inglés 1992 * Winner of the

1997, 2001 and 2002 * Runner-up of the Circuit Bancaixa 1996, 2000, 2003 and

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* 11 Winner of the

1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ,

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... * * * Runner-up of the Individual Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 1995 and 2000

Handball International Championships The Handball International Championships are yearly held competitions where many countries and regions play the handball sports derived from the Jeu de paume. It is organized by the International Ball game Confederation, and there are three offici ...

* Winner of the European Frontó and

Championship,

2001 * Runner-up of

Llargues Llargues (, "long ones") is the oldest Valencian pilota modality. It is played on the streets, where two teams formed by 3, 4 or 5 players throw each other the ball with the hand try to surpass an imaginary line which changes every game. There ar ...

, Netherlands 2001 * Winner of the World Frontó, International game and Llargues Championship,

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2002 * Winner of the World Llargues Championship,

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2004 * Runner-up of Frontó and International game, Italy 2004

References

External links

Alvaro at

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Últims jocs de la final de l'Individual d'Escala i Corda del 95 contra Genovés I
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Final de l'Individual d'Escala i Corda de 2004 contra Genovés II, partida completa
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Ecuador'08, Frontó internacional: Selecció valenciana contra Ecuador
{{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro Serra, Alvaro 1973 births Living people People from Camp de Morvedre Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Pilotaris from the Valencian Community