Albert Rocas

Albert Rocas
Rocas in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Rocas Comas
Born (1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 43)
Palafrugell, Girona
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionRight wing
Club information
Current clubRetired
Number22
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1997
CH Garbi
1997–2000
Granollers
2000–2003
Valladolid
2003–2007
Portland San Antonio
2007–2013
FC Barcelona
2013–2014
KIF Kolding København
2014–2018
CB Logroño
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2015
Spain162[1](555)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 TunisiaTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 SpainTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 SwedenTeam
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place2014 DenmarkTeam
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2005 AlmeríaTeam

Albert Rocas Comas[a] (born 16 June 1982) is a Spanish handball player. He is currently retired and is working in a Spanish school.

He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team.[2] The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia. He was included as "Best right wing" in that tournament's All Star Team.[3] At the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, the national team became world champion for the second time.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rocas and the second or maternal family name is Comas.

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Rocas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Men's Olympic All-Star Team". ihf.info. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Spain routs Denmark 35–19 to win its 2nd world handball championship". The Washington Post. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Team Roster Spain - World Cup 2013" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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