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{{Short description|Spanish gymnast (born 1980)}}
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| birth_place = [[Premià de Mar]], [[Barcelona]], Spain
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's vault|Vault]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's vault|Vault]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's floor|Floor]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999 Tianjin]]|[[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Floor]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Floor]]}}
{{Medal|DQ|[[2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2002 Debrecen]]|[[2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Floor]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIG World Cup Final|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final|2000 Glasgow]]|[[2000 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final|Men's Vault]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final|2000 Glasgow]]|[[2000 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final|Men's Floor]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2000 Bremen]]|[[2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Floor|Men's Floor]]}}
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'''Gervasio Deferr Ángel''' (born 7 November 1980) is a retired gymnast from [[Spain]] who competed at three Olympic Games. He became the Olympic champion in men's vault at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]] (scored 9.712) and repeated the feat at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] (scoring 9.737 average &mdash; vault 1 scored 9.687; vault 2 scored 9.787). Each of his ankles show a tattoo with the logo of one of these two Olympic Games. At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], he won the silver medal on the floor exercise with a score of 15.775.

Deferr started in gymnastics at the age of five. He considered floor exercise as his favorite event and has had some success in major competitions. He finished in second place with the silver medal on floor at the [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]] with a score of 9.750 points, which he repeated eight years later with another silver medal at the [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]], as well as many medals in the same apparatus in the [[Gymnastics World Cup]], between them: World Cup 2000 in [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]] &mdash; 9.688 points (silver), or World Cup 2001 in [[Paris]], [[France]] &mdash; 9.625 points (gold).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gymmedia.de/AG/events2000/leduel/superscore.pdf |title= World Cup 1999/2000 |access-date= 28 December 2016 |editor= gymmedia.de}}</ref> He also finished second at the 2002 World Championships on floor exercise but the medal was taken away after he tested positive for [[marijuana]].

In January 2011, Deferr announced his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-01-21 |title=gymnast Gervasio Deferr retires |url=https://gymnasticscoaching.com/2011/01/21/gymnast-gervasio-deferr-retires/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Gymnastics Coaching.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-16 |title=Olympic Gymnastic champion Gervasio Deferr teaches children in Barcelona’s La Mina suburb |url=https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/olympic-gymnastic-champion-gervasio-deferr-teaches-children-in-barcelona-s-la-mina-suburb |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.catalannews.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIG|bio=18655|lic=3153|name=Gervasio Deferr}}

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