Alexandre "Alex" Fàbregas i Carné (born 25 October 1980 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish field hockey player who played for the Spain national team as midfielder. He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team 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), ...

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. He was also part of the Spanish team that won the silver medal 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 ...

. He played club hockey for Real Club de Polo in his hometown of Barcelona. He was the target of death threats and insults on Twitter during the 2012 Olympic Games after stating that he played for Spain because he "had no other choice".

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London 2012 profile

Spanish Olympic Committee
1980 births Living people Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for Spain 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 Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Barcelona Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub