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Liliana Fernández

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Liliana Fernández
Fernández in 2012
Personal information
Full nameLiliana Fernández Steiner
NicknameLili
NationalitySpanish
Born (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 37)
Alicante, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Klagenfurt Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Scheveningen Beach
FIVB World Tour
Silver medal – second place 2016 Long Beach, CA Beach

Liliana Fernández Steiner[a] (born 4 January 1987) is a Spanish beach volleyball player.[1] As of 2012, she plays with Elsa Baquerizo. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 by the Italians Greta Cicolari and Marta Menegatti.[2]

Professional career

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World tour 2016

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The silver medal went to Elsa and Liliana at the Long Beach, California Grand Slam[3][4] where they lost to April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings in straight sets of (21-16, 21-16)[5]

Personal life

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Born in Spain, Fernández is of German descent through her maternal grandparents. Her mother was born in Croatia.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Steiner.

References

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  1. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "London 2012 – Women's Beach Volleyball – R16". Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. ^ Team Profile
  4. ^ 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
  5. ^ Long Beach Grand Slam 2016 | 24 - 28 August 2016
  6. ^ ""Mi abuela ha sobrevivido a la Guerra Civil, a la Segunda Guerra Mundial y ahora al Covid-19"".
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