Fernando Romay
Encyclopedia
Fernando Manuel Romay Pereiro (born September 23, 1959 in La Coruña) is a retired basketball
player from Spain
, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. At his second Olympic appearance he won the silver medal with the Spain national basketball team
. He stands around 7 ft tall.
He is the ACB's all-time leader in blocks (671).
Romay makes regular appearances on Spanish television on programmes such as Mira Quien Baila! (Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars
).
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. At his second Olympic appearance he won the silver medal with the Spain national basketball team
Spain national basketball team
The Spanish national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions, organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation...
. He stands around 7 ft tall.
He is the ACB's all-time leader in blocks (671).
Romay makes regular appearances on Spanish television on programmes such as Mira Quien Baila! (Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
).