Raúl Quiroga
Raúl Quiroga | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Raúl Nicolás Quiroga | ||
Nationality | Argentine | ||
Born | San Juan, Argentina | 26 January 1962||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Opposite | ||
Number | 9 | ||
National team | |||
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Raúl Nicolás Quiroga (born 26 January 1962, in San Juan Province, Argentina) is a retired volleyball player from Argentina who represented his native country in two Summer Olympics. After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he was a member of the men's national team that claimed the bronze medal four years later in Seoul, South Korea.
Personal life[edit]
Quiroga's nephew, Rodrigo Quiroga, is a current national volleyball team captain. His brother, Daniel, also played volleyball, and his son Gonzalo plays for national youth team.
References[edit]
- Raúl Quiroga at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Raúl Quiroga at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile
- Sports-reference.com Profile (archived)
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Juan Province, Argentina
- Argentine people of Galician descent
- Argentine men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Argentina
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Argentine volleyball biography stubs
- Argentine Olympic medalist stubs