Roc Oliva
Personal information
Full name Roc Oliva Isern
Born (1989-07-18) 18 July 1989 (age 34)
Matadepera, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
1993–2005 Atlètic Terrassa
Senior career
Years Team
2005–2012 Atlètic Terrassa
2012–2014 Amsterdam
2014–2015 HGC
2015–2018 Atlètic Terrassa
2018–2021 Real Club de Polo
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2021 Spain 189 (18)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Manchester
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rotterdam
Silver medal – second place 2011 Auckland

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 2018–19 season onwards he played for Real Club de Polo until his retirement in 2021.[2] He also played for Amsterdam and HGC in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. His father Jordi and sister Georgina are also both Olympic hockey players.[3] He played a total of 189 times for the Spanish national team from 2007 until 2021.[4]

International career

Oliva was a member of the Spanish National Team that claimed the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[3] After the 2016 Olympic Games, he did play for the national team for three years. In October 2019, he was brought back into the national team for the 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[5] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[6] On 28 May 2021 he had to withdraw from the squad because of his imminent fatherhood.[7] He returned in the national team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, after the Olympics he retired as a hockey player.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Hockey: OLIVA ISERN Roc". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Oliva a huge signing for Polo for 2018/19 season". 27 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roc Oliva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ^ "The Last Dance". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Alegre y Oliva, novedades en e la selección de hockey hierba para el Preolímpico ante Francia". www.europapress.es (in Spanish). Madrid: Europa Press. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Cambio en Los #Redsticks Para El Eurohockey De Amsterdam". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Alegre, Oliva, Quemada y Cortés se despiden con orgullo de la selección". sport.es (in Spanish). Sport. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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