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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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| height =166 cm
| discipline = MAG
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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 exercise]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999 Tianjin]]|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|Floor exercise}}
{{Medal|DQ|[[2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2002 Debrecen]]|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIG World Cup Final|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final|2000 Glasgow]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|2000 Glasgow|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2000 Bremen]]|Floor exercise}}
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'''Gervasio Deferr Ángel''' (born 7 November 1980) is a Spanish former [[artistic gymnast]] who competed at three Olympic Games. He is a two-time Olympic champion on the vault ([[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]) and an Olympic silver medalist on the floor exercise ([[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]). He is also the [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1999]] and [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World]] silver medalist on the floor exercise.

== Gymnastics career ==
Deferr competed at the [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1997 World Championships]] and finished seventh in the floor exercise final.<ref>{{cite web |title=33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Lausanne (SUI) Aug 31 - Sep 7 1997 |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1997.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref> Then at the 1999 World Championships, he won the silver medal behind Russia's [[Alexei Nemov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/16/deportes/940024808_850215.html|title=Gervasio Deferr, plata en suelo|first1=Mábel|last1=Galaz|date=16 October 1999|publisher=[[El País]]|access-date=4 May 2022|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1999/octubre/16/deportes/carballo.html|title=Jesús Carballo se proclama campeón del mundo de barra fija|access-date=4 May 2022|publisher=[[Europa Press]]|date=16 October 1999|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|language=es}}</ref> Later that same year, he won the vault competitions at the Glasgow and Stuttgart World Cups. He won the silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2000 Ljubljana World Cup.<ref name="1920wc">{{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>

Deferr won the floor exercise silver medal at the [[2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2000 European Championships]], behind [[Marian Drăgulescu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=24th Men's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Men Senior Finals Brehmen (GER) May 25-28 2000 |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2000/e2000m |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref> He then represented [[Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics]] and won the vault gold medal, becoming Spain's first Olympic medalist in artistic gymnastics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Horse Vault, Men |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/70784 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref> Later that year, he won another vault gold medal at the [[2000 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup final|World Cup final]], where he also won the floor exercise silver medal.<ref name="1920wc"/>

At the 2001 Paris World Cup, Deferr won the gold medal in the floor exercise.<ref>{{cite web |title=France Telecom 2001 Worldcup & Great Four Paris-Bercy,  March 17 -18  Results Finals Men |url=https://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events01/francetele/men_fin.htm |website=Gym Media |access-date=25 April 2025 |date=18 March 2001}}</ref> He initially won the silver medal on the floor exercise at the [[2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2002 World Championships]], but the medal was stripped after he tested positive for [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/gervasio-deferr-pierde-medalla-plata-mundial-dopaje/csrcsrpor/20030731csrcsrdep_4/Tes/?print=1|title = Gervasio Deferr pierde la medalla de plata del Mundial por dopaje|date = 31 July 2003|access-date = 13 November 2013|archive-date = 13 November 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113023029/http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/gervasio-deferr-pierde-medalla-plata-mundial-dopaje/csrcsrpor/20030731csrcsrdep_4/Tes/?print=1|url-status = dead}}</ref>

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Deferr successfully defended his vault title,<ref>{{cite web |title=Horse Vault, Men |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/70868 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref> and he also placed fourth in the floor exercise final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Floor Exercise, Men |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/70866 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref> He competed on the vault at the [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 World Championships]] but did not advance to the finals.<ref>{{cite web |title=38th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Melbourne, Australia - November 22nd - 27th 2005 Results Men's Qualifications |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2005.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=24 April 2025 |date=22 November 2005}}</ref> He did advance into the floor exercise final at the [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 World Championships]] and placed fourth.<ref>{{cite web |title=39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Aarhus (DEN) October 13th - 21st 2006 Results Apparatus Finals |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_06worlds_events.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=15 September 2025 |date=20 October 2006}}</ref>

Deferr won the silver medal on the floor exercise at the [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World Championships]], behind [[Diego Hypólito]].<ref>{{cite web |title=40th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Men Stuttgart (GER) 2007 Sep 01-09 Finals Men |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2007/worldm |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref> He then represented [[Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] and won the floor exercise silver medal, behind [[Zou Kai]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Floor Exercise, Men |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/259964 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>

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>

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