LEITON ARRONES Paula

Date of Birth: 27 Apr 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.89/6'2''

Place of birth: TERRASSA

Birth 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

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2017	Volos, GRE
5	Women	2019	Funchal, POR

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

High Performance Centre of San Cugat, Sant Cugat del Valles, ESP

Languages spoken:

Catalan, Spanish

CN Terrassa [Spain] since 2019

Xavier Perez [club]; Miguel Angel Oca [national], ESP

Position style:

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

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

2015 for Spain Against Canada, Friendly Match (mundodeportivo.com, 22 Jul 2015)

National league:

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

She took up the sport in Terrassa, Spain. (mundodeportivo.com, 22 Jul 2015)

She was identified by a water polo coach, Raul Mesa, when she practised swimming. He advised her mother to enrol her in water polo. (mundodeportivo.com, 22 Jul 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (waterpolista.com, 17 Jan 2021)

She was named Best Athlete of the municipality of Terrassa, Spain, in 2017 and 2019. (Canal Terrassa YouTube channel, 17 Mar 2018, 07 Mar 2020)

She was named to the All Star team at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (fina.org, 28 Jul 2017)

General Interest

General
YOUNG STAR
She started training with the first team of CN Terrassa when she was 11, and by the 2012/13 season, at age 12, she made her debut in the top tier of the Spanish water polo league. She was called up to the national team in 2015, at age 15, and a year later she played at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "Everything has gone so fast. It's amazing to look back and see how far I've come." (mundodeportivo.com, 22 Jul 2015; deportes.elpais.com, 14 Jul 2015; elmundo.es, 26 Jul 2017)

Social Media

Legend

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

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