Elena Sánchez (water polo player)
Appearance
(Redirected from María Elena Sánchez González)
Elena Sánchez | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | María Elena Sánchez González | ||
Born |
22 October 1994 Terrassa, Barcelona | (age 30)||
Nationality | Spanish | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Number | 13 | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | ||
2014– | Spain | ||
María Elena Sánchez González (born 22 October 1994) is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper who won the silver medal with the women's national water polo team at the 2020 Summer Olympics[1] celebrated in Tokyo, Japan.
International career
[edit]In 2018 she won the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona[2] and the bronze at the European Water Polo Championship in Barcelona.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
[edit]- ^ Brennan, Christine (7 August 2021). "US women's water polo team wins third straight Olympic gold, dominates Spain". USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Spain, the first women's waterpolo winners in the Mediterranean Games". Tarragona2018.cat. July 1, 2018. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ "Summary, Day 14 – Women's finals". LEN.eu. July 27, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Elena Sánchez González at World Aquatics
- Elena Sánchez González at Olympedia
- Elena Sánchez on Instagram
Categories:
- Spanish female water polo players
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Sportspeople from Terrassa
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- 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
- Water polo players from Catalonia
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- Spanish water polo biography stubs