GARCIA GADEA Javier

Croatia
Water Polo
5 Jan 1984
37
Male
1.98/6'5''
BARCELONA
 
Spain
DUBROVNIK
 
Croatia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WPO Water Polo Men
CRO
Croatia
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group B
#06
CRO
Croatia
23
KAZ
Kazakhstan
7
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group B
#09
AUS
Australia
11
CRO
Croatia
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group B
#17
CRO
Croatia
13
MNE
Montenegro
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group B
#21
CRO
Croatia
14
SRB
Serbia
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Preliminary Round - Group B
#29
ESP
Spain
8
CRO
Croatia
4
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Quarterfinal
#33
HUN
Hungary
15
CRO
Croatia
11
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Classification 5th-8th
#35
MNE
Montenegro
10
CRO
Croatia
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
Men's Classification 5th-6th
#40
CRO
Croatia
14
USA
United States
11
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5Men2008Beijing, CHN
6Men2012London, GBR
6Men2004Athens, GRE

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2017Budapest, HUN
2Men2009Rome, ITA
3Men2019Gwangju, KOR
3Men2007Melbourne, VIC, AUS
5Men2013Barcelona, ESP
5Men2011Shanghai, CHN
5Men2005Montreal, QC, CAN
5Men2003Barcelona, ESP

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2019Belgrade, SRB
3Men2017Ruza, RUS
5Men2018Budapest, HUN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
5Men2018Berlin, GER

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2018Barcelona, ESP
4Men2020Budapest, HUN
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Xavi (Twitter profile, 06 Dec 2020)
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Athlete
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Business Studies
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Wife Aida, daughters Amanda, Elsa and Dara
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Catalan, Croatian, English, Spanish
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VK Jug [Dubrovnik, CRO] since 2015
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Vjekoslav Kobescak [club], CRO; Ivica Tucak [national], CRO
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Wing (vaterpolo-primorje.hr, 25 Jun 2013)
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Left (Zagreb2010, 20 Jan 2011)
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His brother Daniel has played in the Spanish water polo league. (wpaweb.es, 10 Apr 2000)
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In January 2017 he fractured a bone in his hand during a World League match against the Netherlands. (net.hr, 14 Jan 2017; jutarnji.hr, 12 Jan 2017)
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Prva Liga [CRO] (jug.hr, 18 Oct 2018)
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He began playing water polo at age six with the swimming club UE Horta. (Catalan Swimming Federation, 24 Jun 2003)
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He took up water polo because his swimming club was very small and needed players to make up a team. (Catalan Swimming Federation, 24 Jun 2003)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (jutarnji.hr, 10 Aug 2017)
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Spanish water polo player Pedro Garcia. (wpaweb.es, 10 Apr 2008)
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"The team must always come before an individual." (total-waterpolo.com, 03 Oct 2018)

General Interest

General
FROM SPAIN TO CROATIA
After playing water polo for 15 years for Spain, he switched allegiance to play for Croatia in July 2016. "Croatia's interest came from before 2013; in fact, since after the 2012 Olympic Games in London and they wanted me to play with them. Rafa Aguilar [the Spanish coach] had me, and I wanted to play the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. Then the new coach [Gabi Hernandez, from February 2014] talked to me, and decided to continue to play me in the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. The following summer we missed out of the world championships and Gabi told me he did not need me. It was in October 2015. Croatia asked again and now I have been able to make the change. I am very happy." He has dual citizenship, gaining a Croatian passport in 2013. (lavanguardia.com, 19 Jul 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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