Clara Espar
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Clara Espar Llaquet |
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 29 September 1994
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Water polo |
College team | San Jose State Spartans |
Club | CE Mediterrani |
Clara Espar Llaquet (born 29 September 1994) is a Spanish female 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
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
In 2018 she won the gold medal at Mediterranean Games in Tarragona[4] and the bronze at European Championship in Barcelona.[5]
Family
Espar's older sister, Anni, is also a professional water polo player.
References
- ^ "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
- Interview with Clara Espar at BIWPA.com
- Clara Espar on Instagram
- Clara Espar on X
Categories:
- Spanish female water polo players
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players of Spain
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Spanish water polo biography stubs