Alvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas (born 16 October 1986 in

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player from

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Personal

In 2012, he lived in

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. In 2013, he was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.

Table tennis

He played table tennis at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal in Sydney in 2000, the only gold medal in table tennis in Spanish Paralympic history. In 2008, he finished third in the Class 7 men's singles. In London 2012, he finished second in the Class 6 men's singles and in the team class 6–8 event.

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