Sergi Pedrerol Cavallé (born 16 December 1969 in Molins de Rei,

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) is a former

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player from

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, who was a member of the national team that won the golden 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. Pedrerol competed in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. With the Spanish National Team he also won the world title twice, in Perth 1998 and Fukuoka 2001.

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