Jesús Rollán

Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada (4 April 1968 – 11 March 2006) was a water polo goalkeeper from Spain who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rollán and the second or maternal family name is Prada.
Jesús Rollán
Personal information
Full nameJesús Miguel Rollán Prada
Born4 April 1968 (1968-04-04)
Died11 March 2006 (2006-03-12) (aged 37)
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team competition
1992 Barcelona Team competition
World Championships
1998 Perth Team competition
2001 Fukuoka Team competition
FINA World Cup
1999 Sydney Team competition

Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Born in Madrid, Rollán competed in five Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He is among four Spanish water polo players, all in the 1992 and 1996 medal winning teams, to have competed at five Olympics, the others being Manuel Estiarte, Chiqui Sans and Chava Gomez. Rollán is the first water polo goalkeeper of either gender to compete at five Olympics.

He was also known as a close friend of Infanta Cristina, whom he introduced to her future husband Iñaki Urdangarin.

On 11 March 2006, three weeks and three days before his 38th birthday, Rollán died after a fall from a terrace at a spa near Barcelona. He was at the spa receiving treatment for depression. The fees for the spa were being paid for by the Spanish Olympic Committee.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Jesus Miguel Rollan Prada - water polo hero". Olympics30. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.


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