Rafael Pascual Cortés (born 16 March 1970, in Madrid) is a retired Spanish volleyball player who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho", and "El León". He is widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players of all time. A two-time Olympian (1992 and 2000), he was named the most valuable player of the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

Sporting achievements

National team

1995 Universiade

Individual awards

1998 FIVB World Championship MVP

1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Scorer"

Rafael Pascual

References

External links

Volleybox.net Profile

Profile (archived)

Rafael Pascual

1970 births

Living people

Spanish men's volleyball players

Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Olympic volleyball players for Spain

Sportspeople from Madrid

Universiade medalists in volleyball

Universiade silver medalists for Spain

Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade

Rafael Pascual