Daniel Vargas (volleyball)

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Daniel Vargas
Personal information
NationalityMexican
Born (1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 (age 37)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Spike340 cm (134 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
College / UniversityNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Volleyball information
Current clubIraklis Thessaloniki
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2014, 2016Mexico Pumas UNAM
National team
2014-Mexico Mexico

Daniel Vargas (born 1 September 1986) is a Mexican male volleyball player, a member of Mexico men's national volleyball team, where he played at the Olympic Games 2016 Rio, and at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland.[1] Before joining the national team, Daniel played for Pumas UNAM, while doing his masters and undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[2]

Career[edit]

During the summer of 2016, Vargas along with Mexico men's national volleyball team, ended their 48-year absence in the Olympic Games, when they secured the final place at stake for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which took place in their home turf in Mexico City.[3]

Clubs[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Mexico". poland2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Daniel Vargas Goes to the Olympics". Retrieved 12 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Mexico – Olympic Games". Retrieved 17 August 2016.