Iván Moro Fernández (born 25 December 1974 in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

) is a

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player from

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, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the

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. He also competed for his native country in the Summer Games of

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

. He was the World Champion with Spain in 1998 in

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, and in 2001 in

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. He grew up in

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where he began playing water polo in the CN Ondarreta, with his elder brothers, Daniel Moro and Oscar Moro. He is the older brother of water polo player Daniel Moro. They competed together at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for the national team. Daniel and Iván moved to

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and played for several team. They also played for the Spanish National Water Polo team. Ivan won a European League in 1995 with Club Natacion Barcelona. He won five Spanish leagues, three Spanish King's cups and one Spanish Supercup. The town hall of

named a public swimming pool after Iván Moro. In 2006,

's town hall appointed him as the General Manager of the local Foundation for the Sports in

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Spanish Olympic Committee

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