Beatriz Pellón Fernández-Fontecha (born 15 September 1960) is a Spanish former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

and

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player. As a tennis player, she won a silver medal in doubles at the

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, partnering with Mónica Álvarez de Mon. From 1977 to 1984, she appeared in 7 Federation Cup ties for

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and won three of her nine rubbers. One of her brothers is

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ist

Juan Pellón Juan Pellón Fernández-Fontecha (born 21 January 1955) is a former field hockey player from Spain. He won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He is a brother of former tennis Tennis is ...

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* * 1960 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Santander, Spain 20th-century Spanish sportswomen Spanish female field hockey players {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub

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