Ricardo Sánchez (water polo)
Encyclopedia
Ricardo Sánchez Alarcón (born February 24, 1971 in Madrid
) is a former water polo
player from Spain
, who was a member of the national team
that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona, Spain.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
) 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
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 was a member of the national team
Spain men's national water polo team
The Spain men's national water polo team represents Spain in men's international water polo competitions and it is controlled by Real Federación Española de Natación....
that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from August 1 to August 10, 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it didn't participate.The successor countries didn't...
in Barcelona, Spain.