Salvador E. Gómez Agüero (born 11 March 1968 in Santander,

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) is a former

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player from

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. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the

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. Four years earlier, when

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hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Gómez, nicknamed ''Chava'', competed in five

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from 1988 to 2004. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics – the others are Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and

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. He made his debut for the national side at the 1987 European Championships in

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. With the Spanish national team he also won the world title twice, in Perth 1998 and Fukuoka 2001.

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Profile on Athens 2004-website

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* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Santander, Spain Spanish male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Spain in water polo Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European Water Polo Championship medalists 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-waterpolo-bio-stub

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