Rafael Pascual
Encyclopedia
Rafael Pascual Cortés is a Spanish
volleyball
player who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho" and/or "El León". A two-time Olympian (1992 and 2000), he was named the most valuable player of the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship
in Japan
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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...
volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho" and/or "El León". A two-time Olympian (1992 and 2000), he was named the most valuable player of the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship
1998 FIVB Men's World Championship
The 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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