Xavier Ribas Centelles (born 16 February 1976) is a
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
defender from
Spain
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. He represented the
Men's National Team at three consecutive
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, starting in
2000
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.
References
Spanish Olympic Committee
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Field hockey players from Catalonia
Spanish male field hockey players
Male field hockey defenders
Sportspeople from Terrassa
Olympic field hockey players for Spain
1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Uhlenhorster HC players
Atlètic Terrassa players
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate field hockey players
Sportsmen from Catalonia
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