Jordi Oliva Izquierdo (30 May 1959 – 1 December 2014) was a Spanish

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

and in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. Oliva is the father of field hockey players

Georgina Oliva Georgina Oliva Isern (born 18 July 1990) is a Spanish field hockey midfielder who competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She was included to the national team in 2006, and in 2015 named Best Player at the Valencia semifinal of the 2014/ ...

and

Roc Oliva Roc Oliva Isern (born 18 July 1989), also known as "Metra", is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a midfielder or forward for the Spanish national team. Oliva played most of his career for Atlètic Terrassa HC but from the 20 ...

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* * * * 1959 births 2014 deaths Spanish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Spain Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub