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He was born on the 3 of June of 1986.
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In 1991 he started training tennis with his uncle Toni.
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He won his first official tournament in 1994.
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In the 2000 Davis Cup final, and as a reward for his good results in the lower categories, Rafael Nadal was in charge of carrying the Spanish flag in the presentation of the teams.
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He was winning titles in lower categories until, finally, he entered the professional circuit in 2002.
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He has been part as an international player of the Davis Cup Team of Spain since 2004.
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In the 2005 he won his first Roland Garros.
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In 2006 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit and the Laureus World Sports Award for the Best World Promise of the Year.
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He has also won the gold medal with Spain at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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With his victory in the 2009 Melbourne final, Rafael Nadal became the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open.
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In 2010 for the second time he won the championship of Wimbledon.
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In 2013 he became the third player in history to win the Summer Slam.
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He won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
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Rafa Nadal returned to number 1 in the ATP in 2017.
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He got married in 2019 in Mallorca.
