CLAVER Victor

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2012	London, GBR
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	People's Republic of China
5	Men	2014	Spain
6	Men	2010	Turkey

Drawing. (fcbarcelona.com, 11 Apr 2020)

Athlete

English, Spanish

FC Barcelona [Spain] since 2016

Sarunas Jasikevicius [club], LTU; Sergio Scariolo [national], ITA

Power forward (elespanol.com, 22 Jun 2016)

His father Francisco played handball for CB Marcol in the Spanish top division. He was also a coach, leading BM Alzira to the 1994 EHF Cup title. (marca.com, 30 May 2011)

In December 2020 he required surgery on his right foot due to plantar fasciitis. He had been diagnosed with the problem two months earlier. He was affected by the same injury in his left foot in November 2019 and was out of action for two months. (sport.es, 11 Dec 2020; fcbarcelona.es, 26 Nov 2020, 15 Oct 2020, 20 Jan 2020; solobasket.com, 20 Nov 2020)

In May 2017 he injured the meniscus in his right knee. He could not play for five months and missed the 2017 EuroBasket. (libertaddigital.com, 31 May 2017)

In November 2016 he injured the scaphoid in his left arm and could not play for one month. (gigantes.com, 04 Nov 2016)

He injured his left ankle in 2013. (hispanosnba.com, 12 Mar 2013)

Liga ACB [ESP] (fcbarcelona.es, 18 Feb 2020)

He began playing basketball at age six at the Maristas Academy in Valencia, Spain. (victorclaver.com, 01 May 2016; famososvalencianos.com, 01 Jan 2011)

His best friend played basketball and Claver wanted to spend time with him. (150valencianos.lasprovincias.es, 15 Mar 2016)

Winning the 2019 World Cup in the People's Republic of China with Spain. (lasprovincias.es, 18 Sep 2019)

US basketball player Kobe Bryant. (superdeporte.es, 27 Jan 2020)

During the 2009/10 Eurocup he received the Rising Star Trophy. The honour is presented to the best young player in the tournament. (acb.com, 01 Jan 2011)