Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada (4 April 1968 – 11 March 2006) was a

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from

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

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. Four years earlier, when

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hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Born in

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, Rollán competed in five Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics, the others being Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and Chava Gomez. Rollán is the first water polo goalkeeper of either gender to compete at five Olympics. He was also known as a close friend of

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, whom he introduced to her future husband

Iñaki Urdangarin Iñaki Urdangarin Liebaert (born 15 January 1968) is a retired Spanish handball player turned entrepreneur and the husband of Infanta Cristina, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía. He was the brother-in-law of King Felipe VI ...

. On 11 March 2006, three weeks and three days before his 38th birthday, Rollán died after a fall from a terrace at a spa near Barcelona. He was at the spa receiving treatment for depression. The fees for the spa were being paid for by the Spanish Olympic Committee.

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* 1968 births 2006 suicides Sportspeople from Madrid Spanish male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Spain in water polo Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Suicides by jumping in Spain Water polo players from the Community of Madrid Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate water polo players {{Spain-waterpolo-bio-stub

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