Juan Ramón Virgen Pulido (born 9 April 1987) is a Mexican male volleyball and beach volleyball player.

Juan Virgen
Personal information
Full nameJuan Ramón Virgen Pulido[1]
NationalityMexican
Born (1987-04-09) 9 April 1987 (age 37)
Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit[2]
Height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Spike340 cm (134 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2012Tigres UANL
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Beach
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Beach

With his club Tigres UANL he competed at the 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.[3] As a beach volleyball player he competed at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships and 2011 Pan American Games and 2015 Pan American Games. He qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's tournament with Lombardo Ontiveros, but they lost in the Round of 16 against Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst, from the Netherlands.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Comite Olimpico Mexicano - Rio 2016 - Juan Ramon VIRGEN PULIDO rio2016.com.org.mx. Retrieved 9 August 2016
  2. ^ FIVB - Beach Volleyball World Tour fivb.org Retrieved 9 August 2016
  3. ^ "Team Roster – Tigres UANL". clubworldchampionships.2012.men.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Post-Match - Virgen/Ontiveros-Nummerdor/Varenhorst". FIVB. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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