Álvaro Valera

Alvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas^[a] (born 16 October 1986^[1] in Seville) table tennis player from Spain.^[2]

Alvaro Valera

Personal information
Full name	Alvaro Valera Muñoz-Vargas
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 (age 42) Seville
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Table tennis (class 7)
Medal record Para table tennis Representing  Spain Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Class 8 singles 2016 Río Class 6 singles 2012 London Class 6 singles 2012 London Team class 6–8 2008 Beijing Class 7 singles 2020 Tokyo Team class 6–7

Personal

In 2012, he lived in Madrid.^[2] In 2013, he was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.^[3]

Table tennis

He played table tennis at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal in Sydney in 2000, the only gold medal in table tennis in Spanish Paralympic history. In 2008, he finished third in the Class 7 men's singles.

In London 2012, he finished second in the Class 6 men's singles and in the team class 6–8 event.^[2][4]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valera and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz-Vargas.