LOPEZ PINEDO Daniel

16 Jul 1980
41
Male
1.90/6'2''
SABADELL
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WPO Water Polo Men 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
SRB
Serbia
12
ESP
Spain
13
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
MNE
Montenegro
6
ESP
Spain
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
ESP
Spain
16
KAZ
Kazakhstan
4
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
AUS
Australia
5
ESP
Spain
16
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
ESP
Spain
8
CRO
Croatia
4
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
USA
United States
8
ESP
Spain
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
SRB
Serbia
10
ESP
Spain
9
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
HUN
Hungary
9
ESP
Spain
5
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
6Men2012London, GBR
7Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2019Gwangju, KOR
2Men2009Rome, ITA
5Men2013Barcelona, ESP
5Men2011Shanghai, CHN
9Men2017Budapest, HUN

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2018Budapest, HUN
4Men2019Belgrade, SRB

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2020Budapest, HUN
2Men2018Barcelona, ESP
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El Muro [The Wall]. (rtve.es, 27 Jul 2019; sobreelwaterpolo.blogspot.com, 12 Nov 2018)
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Athlete
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Business Studies
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Daughter Paula [2014]
:
Catalan, English, Spanish
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CN Atletic-Barceloneta [Spain] since 2008
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David Martin [national], ESP
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Goalkeeper (rfen.es, 30 May 2016)
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Right (len.eu, 16 Jul 2018)
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2007 for Spain, World League (rfen.es, 30 May 2016)
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He damaged the ligament and tendon of the little finger of his right hand during the 2017/18 season. (waterpolista.com, 18 May 2018)
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Division de Honor [ESP] (Instagram profile, 18 May 2021)
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He took up the sport at age 12 at Maristas Les Corts school in Barcelona, Spain. (ufecbloc.cat, 20 Jun 2016; as.com, 04 Mar 2020)
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He has been passionate about sports since an early age. "I remember that the baseball team of Barcelona wanted to sign me. My grandfather took me to the children room and there I could bat a ball that was thrown by a machine. I did it fine. I was restless. I needed to touch a ball every second." He later was introduced to water polo by a physical education teacher. (as.com, 04 Mar 2020)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and to win the Champions League with Barceloneta. (lavanguardia.com, 17 Oct 2020)
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Croatian water polo player Frano Vican. (ufecbloc.cat, 20 Jun 2016)
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He was named Best Goalkeeper at the 2020 European championships in Budapest, Hungary. (total-waterpolo.com, 26 Jan 2020)

In 2019 he received the Medal of Sports Merit from the Spanish Swimming Federation [RFEN]. (rfen.es, 03 Oct 2019)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (fina.org, 27 Jul 2019)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain. (lesportiudecatalunya.cat, 27 Dec 2018)

General Interest

General
RARE GOAL
He scored a goal during the bronze medal match of the 2019 World League against Australia. He was able to score because of a rule that had been introduced to allow goalkeepers to enter the opposition's half. "It was a nice coincidence because we are just adapting [to the new rules], but I don't think goalies scoring will be a usual thing. Goalkeepers will come out only in desperate situations or the last play of the game. In other cases, it is too dangerous because making a change in water polo is slow and there are too many risks." (lavanguardia.com, 01 Jul 2019; wpdworld.com, 23 Jun 2019)

POSSIBLE RETIREMENT
In 2020 he expressed his intention to retire in 2022. "I also thought I would stop after Rio [the 2016 Olympic Games], and then after the 2018 European Championship because it took place in Barcelona [in Spain]. But you feel well each time and you continue. The time never comes to quit. I've been deciding season by season for the last four or five years. At this age you don't know when the physical and mental slump will hit. But at the moment I am having fun training and playing games. Being able to dedicate yourself to something you like is a privilege, it is something that practically does not exist in everyday life. I really enjoy the day to day." (lavanguardia.com, 17 Oct 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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