PALACIOS Ezequiel

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2019	Japan

Pala (Facebook page, 26 Mar 2020)

Athlete

Wife Natalia Aispurua

Spanish

Montpellier Volley UC [France] since 2020/21

Olivier Lecat [club], FRA; Marcelo Mendez [national], ARG

Wing spiker (fivb.org, 25 Sep 2019)

His wife Natalia Aispurua has played international volleyball for Argentina, including at the 2015 World Cup in Japan. (japan2018.fivb.com, 20 Oct 2018; ole.com.ar, 24 Apr 2019; gettyimages.co.uk, 01 Sep 2015)

2013 for Argentina (somosvoley.com, 30 Jul 2015)

Ligue A [FRA] (montpellier-volley.com, 28 Apr 2020)

He began playing volleyball at age 13 in Formosa, Argentina, as part of his physical education class at school. (lanacion.com.ar, 24 Aug 2015)

He failed in a trial as a goalkeeper for the Argentinos Juniors football team, so decided to switch to volleyball instead as he had enjoyed playing it at school. (lanacion.com.ar, 24 Aug 2015)

His family, and coach Hector Paredes. (pressing.com.ar, 11 Apr 2015)

"I enjoy today because you never know what might happen the next day. If something good comes, fine, and if not, I'll be satisfied because I gave the maximum." (lanacion.com.ar, 24 Aug 2015)

He was named Second Best Outside Hitter at the 2015 South American Olympic qualifying tournament for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fivb.org, 11 Oct 2016)

In 2015 he was named Sportsman of the Year in Formosa, Argentina. (somosvoley.com, 15 Dec 2015)