Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada (4 April 1968 – 11 March 2006) was a water polo goalkeeper from Spain who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Full name | Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 March 2006 (aged 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Born in Madrid, Rollán competed in five Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics, the others being Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and Chava Gomez. Rollán is the first water polo goalkeeper of either gender to compete at five Olympics.
He was also known as a close friend of Infanta Cristina, whom he introduced to her future husband Iñaki Urdangarin.
On 11 March 2006, three weeks and three days before his 38th birthday, Rollán died after a fall from a terrace at a spa near Barcelona. He was at the spa receiving treatment for depression. The fees for the spa were being paid for by the Spanish Olympic Committee.[1]
See also edit
- Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References edit
- ^ "Jesus Miguel Rollan Prada - water polo hero". Olympics30. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
External links edit
- Jesús Rollán at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Jesús Rollán at Olympics.com
- Jesús Rollán at Olympedia
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