John Garcia-Thompson
Beach Volleyball Player, Olympic athlete
1979 –
Who is John Garcia-Thompson?
John Garcia Thompson is a British beach volleyball player.
As of 2012, Garcia Thompson is 1.92 metres tall and weighs 92 kilograms. He competes for the Palma Son Amar club and is coached by Alfredo Zamora.
From 2009 to 2010 Garcia Thompson competed alongside Robin Miedzybrodzki. In 2011 he teamed up with fellow British player Steve Grotowski; the pair achieved a best finish of seventeenth at the 2011 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Open in Shanghai, China. At the 2011 Swatch World Tour Prague Open the pair defeated the top seeded American pairing of Casey Jennings and Kevin Wong 25–23, 24–22 in the first round of competition but were then beaten 19–21, 16–21 by Josh Binstock and Richard Van Huizen of Canada in the second round.
Garcia Thompson and Grotowski were selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics after being chosen ahead of Gregg Weaver and Jody Gooding. Both pairs competed in the minimum twelve FIVB events require for qualification with Grotowski and Garcia Thompson earning 522 rankings points compared to Weaver and Gooding's 354 points. The pair qualified for the Games despite public funding for the men's event being withdrawn in 2010.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1979
Palma, Majorca - Also known as
- John Garcia Thompson
- John Garcia Thompson
- Nationality
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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