Roc Oliva Isern (born 18 July 1989), also known as "Metra", is a Spanish former

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player who played as a midfielder or forward for the Spanish national team. Oliva played most of his career for Atlètic Terrassa HC but from the 2018–19 season onwards he played for

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until his retirement in 2021. He also played for

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and

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in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. His father

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and sister

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are also both Olympic hockey players. He played a total of 189 times for the Spanish national team from 2007 until 2021.

International career

Oliva was a member of the Spanish National Team that claimed the silver medal at the

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. He also competed at the

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and

2016 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 ...

. After the 2016 Olympic Games, he did play for the national team for three years. In October 2019, he was brought back into the national team for the

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. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. On 28 May 2021 he had to withdraw from the squad because of his imminent fatherhood. He returned in the national team for the

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, after the Olympics he retired as a hockey player.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people People from Vallès Occidental Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players of Spain Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players Atlètic Terrassa players Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players HGC players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Expatriate field hockey players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub