Xavier García Gadea (born 5 January 1984) is a Spanish-Croatian water polo player. He was a member of the Spain national team between 1999 and 2013, finishing in sixth place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and sixth again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 2003, García, then playing for CN Barcelona-Noferthe, ended up in fifth place with the national side at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in his home town of Barcelona.
Since 2010, García has played in Croatia. After being left out of the Spain national team in 2013, he obtained the Croatian citizenship in 2016 to be able to take part in the Rio Olympics, facing Spain in the group stage.
Honours CN Barcelona LEN Euro Cup: 2003–04 Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05 Copa del Rey: 2002–03 CN Atlètic-Barceloneta Spanish Championship: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 Copa del Rey: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 Supercopa de España: 2007, 2009, 2010 Primorje Rijeka LEN Champions League runners-up: 2011–12, 2014–15 Adriatic League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15 Croatian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 VK Jug LEN Champions League: 2015–16; runners-up: 2016–17 LEN Super Cup: 2016 Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Awards Member of the World Team 2018 by total-waterpolo
Orders Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2016 Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske
See also Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments List of world champions in men's water polo List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
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