Marco Grimalt

Marco Grimalt
Grimalt in 2011
Personal information
Nationality Chile
Born (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 35)
Queilén, Chile
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Beach
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Beach

Marco Alfonso Grimalt Krogh[a] (born 11 July 1989) is a beach volleyball player representing the Chilean national volleyball team.[1] He has participated in the Pan American Games in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, as well as the South American Games in 2010 and 2014.[2] He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

Teaming up with his cousin Esteban Grimalt, he clinched the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games and was honored with the National Sports Award in 2022.


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  1. ^ "Marco Grimalt". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Presidente de la República Gabriel Boric Font encabeza la ceremonia de entrega del Premio Nacional del Deporte 2022". prensa.presidencia.cl. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. ^ ADN (23 June 2021). "El Team Chile ya suma 52 clasificados a los JJ.OO. de Tokio". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Beach Volleyball GRIMALT Marco". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.