Ángel López (rugby union)
| Full name | Ángel López Vázquez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 January 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ángel López Vázquez (born 16 January 1992 in Madrid) is a Spanish rugby sevens player. He competed for Spain 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He also was part of the team that won the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.[3][4]
He debuted for Spain in a match against Russia in 2012.
He has completed his studies in Medicine and currently works as an ophthalmologist at Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". Sky Sports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ^ "LOPEZ Angel". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ^ "Spain keep faith with repechage heroes for Rio". World Rugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Spain qualify for Olympic sevens rugby with dramatic win over Samoa". BBC.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
External links
[edit]- Angel Lopez Vazquez at ESPNscrum
- Ángel López at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)