In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salles and the second or maternal family name is Esteve.

Marc Sallés Esteve (born 6 May 1987[1]) is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a midfielder for the Spanish national team.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[2]

Personal life

As of 2012, Salles studies Business Administration[2] Salles is 141 pounds (64 kilograms) in weight, 170 centimetres (5 feet 7 inches) tall and is right-handed.[2]

Career

Salles is coached by national coach Daniel Martin. He played for Atletic de Terrassa, in Terrassa, Catalonia[2] until 2009 and from 2011 until 2018. After playing one season for Club de Campo, he returned to Atlètic Terrassa for the 2019–20 season.[3]

Marc Sallés winning goal against France in August 2011 at the 2011 EuroHockey Championship secured A division status for Spain in 2013.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the field hockey men's tournament but did not score.[5] In August 2019, he was selected in the Spain squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–0 to Belgium in the final.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8] He retired after the 2023–24 season.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Marc Sallés Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Marc Salles". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Marc Sallés y Sergi Enrique vuelven al Atlètic Terrassa". wwww.lavangaurdia.com (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ FIH Netherlands and Germany are Europe's men's finalists - Men's final will mirror the women's at Euro Championships 26 August 2011 "Finally, 8 minutes from the end, Marc Sallés took a heavy burden off the Spanish shoulders with his winning goal, securing A division status for 2013 for his team."
  5. ^ Men's Hockey Results Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. BBC London 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Los #RedSticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ^ Guillem, Jordi. "Marc Calzada, Ignasi Torras i Marc Sallés es retiren". diarideterrassa.com.
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