Iván Moro Fernández (born December 25, 1974, 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

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player from

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, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the

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. He also competed for his native country in the Summer Games of

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and

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. He was the World Champion with Spain in 1998 in

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, and in 2001 in

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. He grew up in

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where he began playing water polo in the CN Ondarreta, with his elder brothers, Daniel Moro and Oscar Moro. He is the older brother of water polo player Daniel Moro. They competed together at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for the national team. Daniel and Iván moved to

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and played for several team. They also played for the Spanish National Water Polo team. Ivan won a European League in 1995 with Club Natacion Barcelona. He won five Spanish leagues, three Spanish King's cups and one Spanish Supercup. The town hall of

named a public swimming pool after Iván Moro. In 2006,

's town hall appointed him as the General Manager of the local Foundation for the Sports in

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Madrid Spanish male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Spain in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players from the Community of Madrid 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-waterpolo-bio-stub

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