This document profiles several famous Spanish athletes from various sports, including: Rafael Nadal, a tennis star who has won the French Open 4 times and Wimbledon twice. Miguel Induráin, a cyclist who won the Tour de France 5 consecutive times. Pau Gasol, a basketball player who was the first Spaniard to play in the NBA All-Star Game and win an NBA championship. It also briefly outlines the accomplishments of footballers Raul Gonzalez and Fernando Torres, synchronized swimmer Gemma Mengual, skier Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, Formula 1 racer Fernando Alonso, canoer David Cal Figueroa, motorcycle racer Daniel Pedrosa,

1. SPANISH
ATHLETES
MARIA BEGO Y ANDREA

2. INDEX:
 1.Rafael Nadal
 2.Miguel Induráin
 3.Pau Gasol
 4.Fernando Alonso
 5.Raul González
 6.Gemma Mengual
 7.Blanca Fernández Ochoa
 8.Fernando Torres
 9.David Cal Figueroa
 10.Daniel Pedrosa Ramal
 11.Carlos Sainz

3. RAFAELplayer,
He’s a tennis
NADAL
former No. 1 and
current No. 3 in the
world ranking. He’s a
four-time champion at
Roland Garros after
defeating everyone in
a row, in 2005, 2006,
2007 and 2008; He was
also the Wimbledon
champion in 2008 and
dual purpose (2006,
2007); He was the
winner of the Australian
Open in 2009 and gold
medal winner at the
Olympics in Beijing
2008.

4. MIGUEL INDURAIN
 He was born in Villava,
Navarre, on 16th July,
1964). He was a
professional cyclist from
1985 to 1996.
He won the Tour de
France five times in a row
(from 1991 to 1995); and
the Giro d'Italia two times
in a row (in 1992 and
1993); He was also World
Champion Time Trial (in
1995); Olympic Time Trial
Champion (in 1996) [4]
and record holder in 1994
for two months.

5. PAU GASOL
 Born on 6th July, 1980 in
Barcelona. He is a
Spanish basketball player
who plays in Los Angeles
Lakers in the NBA. He
became the second
Spaniard to play in the
NBA, after Fernando
Martin; He was the first to
be eligible to play an All-
Star Game NBA (Houston
2006), after a playoffs
round (with the Memphis
Grizzlies in 2003-04 ); He
was also the first to win an
NBA championship (with
Los Angeles Lakers in
2008-09)

6. FERNANDO ALONSO
 He was born in Oviedo,
on 29th July 1981. He is
a Spanish Formula 1
driver running for the
Ferrari team. He has
won the World Drivers
Championship Formula
1 twice. He is one of
the the most popular
drivers today, and is
considered to be the
best recent Formula 1
driver.

7. RAUL GONZALEZ
 He was born in
Madrid, Spain, on
27th June, 1977).
Nicknamed Raúl, he
is one of the best
Spanish footballers.
He plays as a striker
for Real Madrid CF
ino the Spanish
League. He is the top
scorer in the Spanish
National team.

8. GEMMA MENGUAL
 She was born in
Barcelona, on 12th
April,1977.
 She is a Spanish
synchronized
swimmer and she is
considered one of
the best swimmers of
all times. She lives in
the High
Performance Center
at San Cugat del
Vallés.

9. BLANCA FERNANDEZ
OCHOA
 She was born in
Madrid, on 22nd April,
1963. She is a downhill
skier.
She is the first Spanish
woman to have won
an Olympic medal in
the Winter Olympic
Games, namely the
bronze medal at the
giant slalom, at the
Winter Olympics in
1992.
She is the sister of the
popular skier Francisco
Fernández Ochoa
(1950-2006)

10. FERNANDO TORRES
 She was born on
March 20th, 1984, in
Fuenlabrada
(Madrid).He is a
Spanish footballer
better known as
Fernando Torres or "El
Niño" in Spain, or "The
Kid" in England. He
plays as a striker and
his current club is
Liverpool FC.

11. DAVID CAL FIGUEROA
 He was born in
Cangas, Pontevedra,
on October 10th,
1982. He is a Spanish
canoer. He
specializes in canoe
car at 500 and
1000m. He was
elected ‘Galego do
mes' by El Correo
Gallego in August
2004.

12. DANIEL PEDROSA RAMAL
 He was born on
September 29th, 1985
in Sabadell. He is a
motorcycle racer. He
is a triple world
champion in different
categories (1 of 2
250cc and 125cc).
He currently
competes in the
Moto GP class.

13. CARLOS SAINZ
 He was born on 12th
April, 1962 in Madrid.
He is a professional
rally driver. He was a
bi-world rally
champion (1990 and
1992) with Toyota;
and Dakar Rally
Champion in 2010
with Volkswagen.

14. AS YOU CAN SEE WE
HAVE SELECTED THE
BEST ATHLETES IN
OUR COUNTRY. AND
SOME OF THEM ARE
REALLY HANDSOME.

15. Written by:
MARÍA ROZALÉN
LÓPEZ.
BEGO SAÉZ PASTOR.
ANDREA TEJEDA
MARTÍN.

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