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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(11) Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain

Adrián Gavira Collado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 17, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Linea de la Concepcion

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

187

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$760,763.98

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$908,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	159	4	10	10	7	46	3	44	1	27	1	1	5	US$1,440,678.42

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	4	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	4	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	5	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	5	5th	360	US$9,100.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool B

Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (14)

Won 25-23, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	12	8	0	0.667	2	7	2	6
	1	12	8	0	0.667	2	7	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	33	18	0	0.545	1	8	0	5
	1	33	18	0	0.545	1	8	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool B

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 21-19, 16-21, 13-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	15	6	0	0.400	1	7	1	4
	1	15	6	0	0.400	1	7	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	53	25	0	0.472	2	12	0	1
	1	53	25	0	0.472	2	12	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool B

Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (23)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	19	9	0	0.474	2	10	0	1
	1	19	9	0	0.474	2	10	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	38	27	0	0.711	1	5	1	1
	1	38	27	0	0.711	1	5	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2012

Winner 1

Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	18	9	0	0.500	1	11	1	1
	1	18	9	0	0.500	1	11	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Pablo Herrera	Total	41	22	0	0.537	0	10	0	0
	1	41	22	0	0.537	0	10	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	64	32	0	0.500	6	35	4	12
Pablo Herrera	165	92	0	0.558	4	35	1	7
Total	229	124	0	0.541	10	70	5	19
Opponents	215	121	0	0.563	19	66	6	19

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Javier Bosma - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Javier Bosma - 2nd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Raul Mesa - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Raul Mesa - 9th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Raul Mesa - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Adrian Gavira - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Adrian Gavira - 17th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Adrian Gavira - 5th

Head to Head Results
Gavira/Herrera trail the series against the field 39-49 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 3-4
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Gavira/Herrera	17	By Forfeit
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	2	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-17, 21-15	0:35
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	7	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-14, 28-26	0:40
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	3	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-13, 21-17	0:56
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-16, 21-18	0:32
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	4	Cerutti/Rego	5	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	5	Gavira/Herrera	4	12-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 2-12
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gavira/Herrera	11	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-13, 21-15	0:34
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-16, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	9	13-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:53
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	5	25-23, 21-16	0:45
7/4/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	3	21-17, 21-16	0:40
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	4	17-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:58
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-15, 21-13	0:36
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Gavira/Herrera	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-8, 21-14	0:35
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	11	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:56
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gavira/Herrera	15	25-23, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-4
10/8/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	1:01
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	7	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:52
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-18	0:42
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-17, 21-17	0:47
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	Gavira/Herrera	2	23-21, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 3-2
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Gavira/Herrera	7	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 6	Gavira/Herrera	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	21-19, 21-11	0:32
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gavira/Herrera	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	21-18, 21-17	0:37
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-16, 21-15	0:47
Series tied with # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 4-4
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	21-18, 21-16	0:38
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-16, 21-18	0:38
8/30/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Gavira/Herrera	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	10	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-17, 21-17	0:44
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	4	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-15, 21-15	0:35
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	7	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-14, 21-15	0:35
7/12/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	11	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	23-21, 14-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-3
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	7	Gavira/Herrera	11	21-18, 21-19	0:45
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool L	Cunha/Santos	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-15, 21-19	0:39
4/22/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Santos	3	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-0
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Fijalek/Prudel	19	21-12, 21-18	0:32
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	25-23, 21-19	0:45
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	21-18, 21-8	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 Wu/Xu, China 2-5
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	10	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-11, 25-23	0:39
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	11	Gavira/Herrera	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:51
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	7	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Gavira/Herrera	7	Wu/Xu	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:46
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Bronze Medal	Wu/Xu	4	Gavira/Herrera	5	22-24, 27-25, 15-12	1:11
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	4	Gavira/Herrera	5	24-22, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Wu/Xu	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-2
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Gavira/Herrera	17	By Forfeit
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	9	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:51
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Gavira/Herrera	10	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Series tied with # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
4/29/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 21-11	0:34
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Gavira/Herrera	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 5-4
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	11	Benes/Kubala	14	25-23, 21-16	0:40
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool J	Benes/Kubala	16	Gavira/Herrera	17	21-18, 21-16	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	18	Gavira/Herrera	14	22-20, 23-21	0:44
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Benes/Kubala	22	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:50
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Gavira/Herrera	5	16-21, 21-18, 22-20	0:55
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gavira/Herrera	3	Benes/Kubala	19	14-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:44
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	4	Benes/Kubala	28	21-13, 21-16	0:31
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	13	Benes/Kubala	29, Q11	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 15 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Chevallier/Heyer	23	Gavira/Herrera	10	21-16, 21-19	0:35
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	7	Chevallier/Heyer	26	21-15, 23-21	0:38
Series tied with # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 3-3
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-15, 21-18	0:33
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-16, 21-19	0:37
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	21-14, 21-12	0:32
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	Gavira/Herrera	6	By Forfeit
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-21, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-3
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Gavira/Herrera	4	23-21, 21-15	0:38
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Plavins/Smedins	11	21-17, 21-16	0:34
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 4-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-18, 21-17	0:38
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	10	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	21-18, 21-19	0:35
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Gavira/Herrera	8	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	24-22, 21-16	0:38
7/4/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gavira/Herrera	3	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:00
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Binstock/Reader	30, Q22	21-16, 25-23	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	11	Hernandez/Villafane	22	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	9	Prokopiev/Semenov	24	21-12, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 23 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	11	Asahi/Shiratori	23	21-19, 22-20	0:41
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool N	Gavira/Herrera	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q15	21-12, 23-21	0:36