Juan Ramón Virgen Pulido (born 9 April 1987) is a Mexican male

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player. With his club

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

he competed at the

2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 8th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 13 to 19 October 2012. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue Pool standing procedure # Match points # Number ...

. As a beach volleyball player he competed at the

2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships was a beach volleyball double-gender event, held from 1 to 7 July 2013 in Stare Jabłonki, Poland. The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships are organized every two years, and Poland ...

and

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

and

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

. He qualified to compete at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, in the men's tournament with Lombardo Ontiveros, but they lost in the Round of 16 against

Reinder Nummerdor Reinder Aart Nummerdor (born 10 September 1976) is a Dutch volleyball player who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and three more times after ...

and

Christiaan Varenhorst Christiaan Varenhorst (born 6 May 1990) is a Dutch beach volleyball player. Varenhorst competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's beach volleyball tournament with partner Reinder Nummerdor Reinder Aart Nummerdor (bo ...

, from the Netherlands.

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at ''FIVB.org'' 1987 births Living people Mexican beach volleyball players Mexican men's volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Nayarit People from Santiago Ixcuintla Olympic beach volleyball players for Mexico Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Beach volleyball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-volleyball-bio-stub