Javier Bosma

Javier Bosma
portrait
birthday	November 6, 1969
place of birth	Figueres, Spain
size	1.90 m
partner	1994 Santiago Aguilera 1995–1996 Sixto Jiménez 1996–2000 Fabio Díez 2001–2002 Antonio Cotrino Heras 2003 Raúl Mesa 2003–2004 Pablo Herrera Allepuz 2005 Ortiz Vargas 2005 Juan Claudio Garcia Thompson 2006 Inocencio Lario Carrillo
successes
1994 - Vice European Champion 1999 - Vice European Champion 2004 - Olympic silver
(As of July 14, 2011)

Francisco Javier Bosma Minguez (born November 6, 1969 in Figueres ) is a former Spanish beach volleyball player . He was twice European runner-up and took part in three Olympic tournaments.

Career

Bosma reached the final of the European Championship in Almería in 1994 , which he lost with Santiago Aguilera against the Norwegians Kvalheim / Maaseide . In the following two years, he and Sixto Jiménez achieved several top ten placements in open and world series tournaments, including third in Espinho and second in Tenerife . Bosma / Jimenez took part in the Atlanta Olympic tournament and finished fifth.

Then Bosma formed a new duo with Fabio Díez . The two Spaniards took 17th place at the first World Cup in Los Angeles . Two years later they just barely missed a medal in Marseille by losing to the Brazilians Pará / Marques . At the European Championships in Palma they were only defeated in the final by the Swiss defending champions Martin and Paul Laciga . The Olympic tournament in Sydney ended for them in the quarter-finals against the German duo Ahmann / Hager . Then they separated.

With his new partner Antonio Cotrino Heras , Bosma lost in the first main round of the 2001 World Cup against the Americans Blanton / Fonoimoana . At the next World Cup tournament in 2003 , he competed with Pablo Herrera Allepuz and in the same round had to admit defeat to the later Brazilian overall winners Ricardo / Emanuel . In the following year Bosma / Herrera reached the quarter-finals of the EM in Timmendorfer Strand , which they lost in three sets against the Swiss Egger / Heyer . Two months later they won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Athens after losing in the final against Ricardo / Emanuel .

After playing with Ortiz Vargas and Juan Claudio Garcia Thompson in 2005, Bosma had to be content with tied last place at the 2006 European Championship in The Hague . At the end of the year he ended his international career after several knee operations.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Javier Bosma in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Javier Bosma abandona la competición. El Mundo , December 14, 2006, accessed July 14, 2011 (Spanish).