Asier García Pereiro (born 11 June 1981) is a Spanish

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player. He represented

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as a member of Spain men's national team.

Personal

García was born on 11 June 1981 in

Pais Vasco The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community (), also officially called Euskadi (), is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Araba, Bizkaia, and Gipuzkoa. It surrounds two enclaves called Treviño ...

. In 2012, he lived in Madrid.

Wheelchair basketball

García is a

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National team

García competed in wheelchair basketball at the

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in London. It was the first time the Spanish national team had qualified for the Paralympics in 16 years. In London, he was coached by Oscar Trigo. His team finished fifth overall. He played in the game against

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and the

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. He was a member of the national team at the 2013 European Championships. His team finished with a bronze medal after defeating

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, and Garcia was the third best performer with an average of 10 points per game, 4 rebounds per game and 6 assists per game. In the game against Sweden, he led the team in scoring with 19 points, rebounds with 8 and had 4 assists.

Club

In 2009, García played for Fuhnpaiin-Peraleda. During the 2011/2012 season, he played for CID Casa Murcia Getafe. In 2013, he played club wheelchair basketball for

Bilbao Basket Club Basket Bilbao Berri Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. T ...

. In a game against Getafe that season, he led the team in scoring with 26 points. In a game against Mideba Extremadura, he scored 16 points. He scored 4 points in the team's loss to ONCE. In mid-November, Garcia ranked second in the league in average number of rebounds per game with 11.5. He has acted as an ambassador of sorts for the team, encouraging Colombia national team members Daniel Díaz and José Leep to join the team for the 2013/2014 season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Asier 1981 births Living people Spanish men's basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Basketball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Wheelchair basketball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Spanish sportsmen