Xavier García Gadea (born 5 January 1984) is a Spanish-Croatian

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He was a member of the Spain national team between 1999 and 2013, finishing in sixth place at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, fifth at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing and sixth again at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. In 2003, García, then playing for CN Barcelona-Noferthe, ended up in fifth place with the national side at the

2003 World Aquatics Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. C ...

in his home town of Barcelona. Since 2010, García has played in

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. After being left out of the Spain national team in 2013, he obtained the Croatian citizenship in 2016 to be able to take part in the

Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

, facing Spain in the group stage.

Honours

CN Barcelona *

LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competitio ...

: 2003–04 * Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 2002–03 CN Atlètic-Barceloneta * Spanish Championship: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

: 2007, 2009, 2010 Primorje Rijeka *

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

''runners-up'': 2011–12, 2014–15 *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 * Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 VK Jug *

: 2015–16 ; ''runners-up'': 2016–17 *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 * Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Awards

* Member of the World Team 2018 by ''total-waterpolo''

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2016 Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske
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* 1984 births Living people Water polo players from Barcelona Spanish emigrants to Croatia Spanish male water polo players Croatian male water polo players Water polo drivers Left-handed water polo players Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Spain Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Croatian people of Spanish descent Croatian people of Catalan descent Naturalized citizens of Croatia Sportsmen from Catalonia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate water polo players Naturalised sports competitors {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub

Honours

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