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Anni Espar
Espar in Barcelona in 2013
Personal information
Birth nameAnna Espar Llaquet
NationalitySpanish
Born (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 31)
Barcelona, Spain
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight145 lb (66 kg)
Sport
Country Spain
SportWater polo
College teamUSC Trojans
ClubCN Sabadell
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Budapest
World League
Silver medal – second place 2016 Shanghai
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk

Template:Spanish name Anna Espar Llaquet (born 8 January 1993) is a Spanish female water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 FINA World Championships.[1]

Career

Espar also played on the Spain national water polo team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] She was the second-leading goal scorer in the event with 15 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.[2]

Espar was named the Best European Female Water Polo Player of 2012 by the LEN.[3]

Espar joined the University of Southern California women's water polo team in 2012.

In 2013, she won the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship in the longest match in championship game history.[4] Espar scored the winning goal in the third sudden-death overtime period.[5]

As a Freshman she was named to the ACWPC All-America First Team,[6] All-MPSF First Team,[7] MPSF All-Newcomer Team[7] and MPSF Player of the Week on 25 February after scoring 8 goals in her first major tournament as a Trojan.[8]

Espar joined the Sidney Uni Lions women's water polo team in 2017 winning the Australian National Water Polo League and ending with an unprecedented undefeated season for the Lions (23 wins and a draw in 24 matches). Espar was also named to the 2017 NWPL All Star Team.[9]

International competitions

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2011 FINA Junior World Championships, Trieste, Italy, 1st place.[10]
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2012 Olympic Games, London, United Kingdom, 2nd place.
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2013 FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 1st place.
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2013 FINA Junior World Championships, Volos, Greece, 2nd place.[11]
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2014 European Championship, Budapest, Hungary. 1st place. [12]
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2014 FINA World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 3rd place.[13]
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2016 FINA World League, Shanghai, China, 2nd place.[14]
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2017 FINA World Championships, Budapest, Hungary, 2nd place.[15]

References