Vicente Grau Juan (born 6 April 1968 in València) is a professional Valencian pilota player known as Grau. He plays mainly Escala i corda matches and is one of the best mitgers (midfield) playing for the ValNet company, due to his fast and strong ball-strikes (bot-de-braç and volea), he has been the first mitger who won the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa, a competition for dauers. He has been a recurrent member of the Valencian Pilota Squad, attaining many prizes, specially the "World's best player" twice.
Trophies Winner of the Campionat Professional de Galotxa 1990 and 1991 Winner of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1993 Runner-up of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1991 Winner of the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 2000 Runner-up of the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 1996 and 1997
Handball International Championships Winner of the 5 Nations Llargues Championship, València 1993 Winner of the European Llargues Championship, Imperia (Italy) 1999 Winner of the Llargues World Championship, València 1996 Winner of the Llargues World Championship, Maubeuge (France) 1998 Winner of the Llargues World Championship, València 2000 Winner of the International game World Championship, Netherlands 2001 Runner-up of the Llargues European Championship, Netherlands 2001 Best World player, Maubeuge (France) 1998 Best World player, Imperia (Italy) 1999
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