Javier Pineda Luna

Javier Pineda Luna
Austrian Masters 2008 in St. Pölten
portrait
birthday	April 1, 1975
place of birth	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
size	1.91 m
partner	1996 Angel Vera 1998–2000 Yoyi Luis 2001, 2005 Garcia Thompson 2002 Ruiz Nuñez 2003, 2004 Javier Bosma 2004 Raúl Mesa 2005–2007 Lario 2006 R. Herrera 2008–2009 Marco 2009 Christian García
successes
2005 - 5th place in the European Championship in Moscow
(As of February 21, 2012)

Francisco Javier Pineda Luna (born April 1, 1975 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife ) is a former Spanish beach volleyball player .

Career

Javier Pineda Luna played his first international tournaments with Angel Vera in 1996 . From 1998 to 2000 he formed a duo with Yoyi Luis , who finished 57th at the World Championships in Marseille and 17th at the European Championships in Mallorca . A year later the European Championship in Getxo ended again in 17th place for Luna / Luis. In the following years Luna played with Garcia Thompson , Ruiz Nuñez , Javier Bosma and Raúl Mesa , but could not achieve a top ten position here either.

In 2005 Javier Pineda Luna competed again with Garcia Thompson. At the World Cup in Berlin , Luna / Garcia did not get past 25th place after defeats against the Brazilians Franco / Tande and the Portuguese Maia / Brenha . In August they fought their way to the semi-finals at the European Championships in Moscow, despite the opening defeat against the Russians Dajanow / Jeremin ; only in the fifth losing round did they fail against the German duo Dieckmann / Scheuerpflug .

At the European Championships in 2006 in The Hague (with R. Herrera ), 2007 in Valencia (with Lario ) and 2008 in Hamburg (with Marco ), Luna took 17th place. Luna ended his career at the side of Christian García in 2009.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)