Rafael Pascual Cortés (born 16 March 1970, in

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) is a retired

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho", and "El León". He is widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players of all time. A two-time Olympian (1992 and 2000), he was named the most valuable player of the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

Sporting achievements

National team

* 1995

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Individual awards

* '' 1998 FIVB World Championship MVP'' * '' 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Scorer"''

References

External links

*
Volleybox.net Profile

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(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pascual, Rafael 1970 births Living people Spanish men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Spain Sportspeople from Madrid Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade