Anni Espar
 Espar in Barcelona in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Anna Espar Llaquet |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 8 January 1993 Barcelona, Spain |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Water polo |
| College team | USC Trojans |
| Club | CN Sabadell |
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
2011 FINA Junior World Championships, Trieste, Italy, 1st place.[10]
2012 Olympic Games, London, United Kingdom, 2nd place.- 2013 FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 1st place.
- 2013 FINA Junior World Championships, Volos, Greece, 2nd place.[11]
- 2014 European Championship, Budapest, Hungary. 1st place. [12]
2014 FINA World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 3rd place.[13]- 2016 FINA World League, Shanghai, China, 2nd place.[14]
- 2017 FINA World Championships, Budapest, Hungary, 2nd place.[15]
- 2018 LEN Europa Cup, Pontevedra, Spain, 3rd place.
- 2018 Mediterranean Games, Tarragona, Spain, 1st place.[16]
- 2018 European Championship, Barcelona, Spain, 3rd place.
References
- ^ "Spain first to claim gold at home" waterpoloworld.com August 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "USA Women Win GOLD! Team USA Tops Spain 8-5 In Olympic Games Final" usawaterpolo.org August 9, 2012.
- ^ "Boskovic and Espar European Players of the Year" waterpoloworld.com October 24, 2012.
- ^ "USC Outlasts Stanford 10-9 In Five Overtimes To Claim 2013 NCAA Championship" usawaterpolo.org May 12, 2013.
- ^ "Espar scores in third sudden death to secure third national title for USC" ncaa.com June 9, 2013.
- ^ "Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches 2013 All-American Teams" collegewaterpolocoach.org July, 2013.
- ^ a b "All-MPSF Women's Water Polo" mpsports.org May 1, 2013
- ^ "USC Wins UC Irvine Tournament" mpsports.org February 25, 2013.
- ^ "SYDNEY LIONS CLAIM BACK TO BACK NWPL TITLES" waterpoloaustralia.com.au April 9, 2017.
- ^ "Spain on the top of the world" Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine fina.org September 18, 2011.
- ^ "USA takes gold after 9-7 win over Spain" Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine fina.org August 25, 2013.
- ^ "World champions Spain also claim European Title" waterpoloworld.com July 24, 2014.
- ^ "USA retains World Cup crown with repeat win over Australia" fina.org August 17, 2014.
- ^ "USA crowned World League Champion for third consecutive year" fina.org June 12, 2016.
- ^ "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown" fina.org July 28, 2017.
- ^ “Serbia and Spain reign the Mediterranean” waterpology.com July 1, 2018.
External links
- Anni Espar SC University athlete profile at usctrojans.com
- Anni Espar on Twitter
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Spanish female water polo players
- Sportspeople from Barcelona
- Olympic water polo players of Spain
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo