Raúl Nicolás Quiroga (born 26 January 1962, in

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) is a retired

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player from

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who represented his native country in two

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. After having finished in sixth place at the

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, he was a member of the men's national team that claimed the bronze medal four years later in

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Personal life

Quiroga's nephew,

Rodrigo Quiroga Rodrigo Daniel Quiroga (born March 23, 1987) is an Argentine volleyball player member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team and Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel. He participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Rodrigo won the silver me ...

, is a current national volleyball team captain. His brother, Daniel, also played volleyball, and his son Gonzalo plays for national youth team.

References

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Volleybox.net Profile

(archived) 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from San Juan Province, Argentina Argentine people of Galician descent Argentine men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Argentina Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub