Jordi "Chiqui" Sans Juan (August 3, 1965 in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

) is a former water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 player from Spain

Spain

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, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

. Four years earlier, when his home town of Barcelona hosted the Games, he was on the side that captured the silver medal.

Sans played in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country from 1984

1984 Summer Olympics

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 to 2000. He is, jointly with Georgios Mavrotas, the sixth water polo player to compete at five Olympics, after Briton Paul Radmilovic, Brazilian João Gonçalves Filho

João Gonçalves Filho

João Gonçalves Filho was a Brazilian sportsman who competed in five Olympics. Born in São Paulo, he represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics....

, Hungarian Dezső Gyarmati

Dezso Gyarmati

Dezső Gyarmati is a former Hungarian water polo player and three times Olympic champion, and also a former coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.-Player career:...

, Italian Gianni De Magistris

Gianni De Magistris

Gianni De Magistris is a retired Italian water polo player.He was part of the Italian squad that won silver at the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

, and fellow Spaniard Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte Duocastella is a former water polo player from Spain. He is considered by many the best of all time.Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team...

. He is also, jointly with fencer Antonio García

Antonio García

Antonio García nom de guerre of Eliécer Erlington Chamorro Acosta , one of the main commanders of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional , or National Liberation Army.The ELN is a revolutionary, Marxist, insurgent guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia...

 and shooter Jorge González, the seventh Spaniard to compete at five Olympics, after shooter Eladio Vallduvi, equestrian Luis Álvarez de Cervera

Luis Álvarez de Cervera

Luis Álvarez de Cervera, born 23 July 1947 in Madrid, is a Spanish equestrian who competed at six Olympic Games between 1972 and 1996. He was the first Spaniard to do so; as of 2010, the only other Spaniard to compete at six Olympics is water polo player Manuel Estiarte.He was part of the Spanish...

, shooter Juan Seguí, water polo player Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte Duocastella is a former water polo player from Spain. He is considered by many the best of all time.Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team...

, hurdler Carlos Sala, and sailor José Luis Doreste.