ESPAR LLAQUET Clara

Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.77/5'9''

Place of birth: BARCELONA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : BARCELONA

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women ESP Spain	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #02 RSA South Africa 4 ESP Spain 29	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #07 ESP Spain 14 CAN Canada 10	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #10 NED Netherlands 14 ESP Spain 13	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #14 ESP Spain 15 AUS Australia 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #21 ESP Spain 11 CHN China 7	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Semifinal #27 ESP Spain 8 HUN Hungary 6	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Gold Medal Match #32 ESP Spain 5 USA United States 14	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
2	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN
7	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2021	Athens, GRE
5	Women	2018	Kunshan, CHN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2018	Surgut, RUS

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020	Budapest, HUN
3	Women	2018	Barcelona, ESP

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Tourism - Autonomous University of Barcelona , Spain

Languages spoken:

Catalan, English, German, Italian, Spanish

CE Mediterrani [Spain] since 2017

Marc Comas [club], ESP; Miguel Angel Oca [national], ESP

Position style:

Centre back (waterpolo.sportresult.com, 27 Jul 2015)

Right (waterpolo.sportresult.com, 27 Jul 2015)

Sporting relatives:

Her father Xesco was a handball coach who trained Spanish club FC Barcelona. Her sister Anna has also represented Spain in water polo. (biwpa.com, 26 Jan 2014; sjsuspartans.com, 2015)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (rfen.es, 22 Feb 2020)

She took up the sport at age 11 in Barcelona, Spain. (lavanguardia.com, 09 Oct 2015)

She played basketball and practised swimming alongside her sister Anni. The water polo coach of their club, Marc Comas, encouraged them to play the sport. (lavanguardia.com, 09 Oct 2015)

To win the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.es, 03 Feb 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player of the San Jose State University Spartans team in 2014. (sjsuspartans.com, 2015)

General Interest

General
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
In 2013 she was offered a scholarship to play water polo at San Jose State University in the United States of America. "Since I was a child I was a fan of the United States, and always wanted to live there. I should have gone there in 2012 but due to personal reasons I could not." (lavanguardia.com, 09 Oct 2015; biwpa.com, 26 Jan 2014)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/clara.llaquet
https://instagram.com/claraespar7
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/acespar_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clara-espar-llaquet-220137a9
https://twitter.com/claraespar

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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