John Garcia-Thompson

John Garcia- Thompson, Spanish Juan Claudio Garcia Thompson ( born June 8, 1979 in Palma de Mallorca) is a British beach volleyball players of Spanish origin. He played until 2006 for Spain and from 2009 for Britain.

Career

Garcia- Thompson played in 1999 and 2001 his first international tournaments. In 2002, he formed a duo with Fabio Díez, which at the European Championships in Basel in the third round of the Swiss Heuscher / Kobel was defeated and eliminated in the loser's bracket against the Austrians Gartmayer / Nowotny. A year later the European Championships in Alanya for Garcia Thompson and his new partner Antonio Heras Cotrino ended despite an opening victory against the Swiss Egger / Heyer as a group Last in the preliminary round. Shortly after the Spaniards came as runners-up in the knockout round of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro and lost to the Brazilians Fred / Brazão.

2005 joined Garcia- Thompson with Javier Pineda Luna. At the World Championships in Berlin Garcia / Luna came after defeats against the Brazilians Franco / Tande and the Portuguese Maia / Brenha not about 25th place out. In August, she fought at the European Championships in Moscow despite the defeat against the Russians Dajanow / jeremin almost to the semifinals; only in the fifth round losers they were thwarted by the German duo Dieckmann / scouring plow. At the end of the year Garcia Thompson played a few tournaments with Javier Bosma. 2006, he reached with Alex Ortiz Vargas a ninth place finish at the Open tournament in Roseto degli Abruzzi.

Garcia- Thompson returned in 2009 with Robin Miedzybrodzki back. After the premiere in Stare Jabłonki the duo came in Kristiansand and Åland respectively on the 33rd. In 2010 she played again the two Scandinavian Open tournaments and reached the rank 41.

2011 made Garcia- Thompson a new duo with Steven Grotowski. In the first year together, they achieved their best result with rank 17 at the Shanghai Open. At the Grand Slam in the same place they came in 2012 as the 25th place as the Brasília Open. For the Olympic Games in London, they were nominated by the British Association as the host team. So they went as the first British from ever at an Olympic beach volleyball tournament. However, in their three group matches they managed not win the set, so they were eliminated in the first round.