MADRID (Reuters) -- Spain's Olympic water polo champion Jesus Rollan was found dead in the town of La Garriga near Barcelona on Saturday, Catalan regional police said.

Spanish media said the 37-year-old had died at the town's spa hotel. The cause of death was unknown.

Rollan was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the sport and was in the Spanish team that won gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996 and at the world championships in 1998 and 2001.

He took part in five Olympics, retiring after the Athens Games in 2004. He also won a silver medal in Barcelona in 1992.