Alexandre "Alex" Fábregas Carne[a] (born 25 October 1980 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish field hockey player who played for the Spain national team as midfielder.

Alex Fàbregas
Personal information
Full nameAlexandre Fàbregas Carné
Born25 October 1980 (1980-10-25) (age 44)
Barcelona, Spain
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Manchester Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lahore Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Auckland Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Chennai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Terrassa Team
Champions Challenge
Gold medal – first place 2003 Johannesburg Team

He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] He played club hockey for Real Club de Polo in his hometown of Barcelona.[citation needed]

He was the target of death threats and insults on Twitter during the 2012 Olympic Games after stating that he played for Spain because he "had no other choice".[2]

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Fábregas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "London 2012: Spain hockey star targeted by online death threats". The Guardian. 7 August 2012.
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