Álvaro Navarro Serra (

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, 1973), simply known as Álvaro, is one of the main

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professional players. He is one of the most reputed ''dauers'' due to his strong left hand and his professionality, and has got to be a member of the

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. Now he is one of the stars of the

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company. Álvaro began playing

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variant, but he is mostly known by his Escala i corda career, where he is the absolute ruler, both in Circuit Bancaixa teams and in

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one-on-one matches. On 2001 Álvaro led the

in the European Championship hold in the

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, where the Valencians won the frontó and

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. He has also tripped to the Basque Country to play against renowned Basque pilotaris such as Agirre. On October 9, 2005, Álvaro was awarded with the Golden Medal for Sports efforts by Francesc Camps, the president of the

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Trophies

* Winner of the Trofeu el Corte Inglés 1992 * Winner of the Circuit Bancaixa 1997, 2001 and 2002 * Runner-up of the Circuit Bancaixa 1996, 2000, 2003 and

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* 11 Winner of the

1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ,

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... * * * Runner-up of the Individual Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 1995 and 2000

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* Winner of the European Frontó and

Championship,

2001 * Runner-up of

Llargues Llargues (, "long ones") is the oldest Valencian pilota modality. It is played on the streets, where two teams formed by 3, 4 or 5 players throw each other the ball with the hand try to surpass an imaginary line which changes every game. There a ...

, Netherlands 2001 * Winner of the World Frontó, International game and Llargues Championship,

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2002 * Winner of the World Llargues Championship,

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2004 * Runner-up of Frontó and International game, Italy 2004

References

External links

Alvaro at

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Últims jocs de la final de l'Individual d'Escala i Corda del 95 contra Genovés I
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Final de l'Individual d'Escala i Corda de 2004 contra Genovés II, partida completa
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Ecuador'08, Frontó internacional: Selecció valenciana contra Ecuador
{{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro Serra, Alvaro 1973 births Living people People from Camp de Morvedre Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Pilotaris from the Valencian Community