Clara Espar
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Clara Espar Llaquet |
| Born | 29 September 1994 Barcelona, Spain |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Water polo |
| College team | San Jose State Spartans |
| Club | CE Mediterrani |
Clara Espar Llaquet (born 29 September 1994) is a Spanish water polo player who won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest[1] and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju.[2]
College career
[edit]Espar attended San Jose State University, playing on the women's water polo team from 2014 to 2015. She scored 96 goals as a freshman and 94 as a sophomore being the first player in San Jose State history to score at least one goal in every single match in a season.[3]
International career
[edit]In 2018 she won the gold medal at Mediterranean Games in Tarragona[4] and the bronze at European Championship in Barcelona.[5]
Family
[edit]Espar's older sister, Anni, is also a professional water polo player.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown". FINA.org. 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Day 7: Women's Water Polo: USA shoots down Spain for historic sixth crown". FINA.org. 26 July 2019.
- ^ Clara Espar – San Jose State University athlete profile at SJSUspartans.com
- ^ "Spain, the first women's waterpolo winners in the Mediterranean Games". Tarragona2018.cat. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Summary, Day 14 – Women's finals". LEN.eu. 27 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- Clara Espar at World Aquatics
- Clara Espar at Olympics.com
- Clara Espar at Olympedia
- Clara Espar at the Spanish Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
- Clara Espar on Instagram
- Interview with Clara Espar at BIWPA.com
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Water polo players from Barcelona
- Spanish female water polo players
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo
- 21st-century Spanish women
- Sportswomen from Catalonia
- San Jose State Spartans athletes
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate water polo players
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- Spanish water polo biography stubs