MUNARRIZ EGANA Alberto

19 May 1994
27
Male
1.97/6'5''
PAMPLONA
 
Spain
BARCELONA
 
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

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
7Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2019Gwangju, KOR
5Men2013Barcelona, ESP
9Men2017Budapest, HUN

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

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2020Budapest, HUN
2Men2018Barcelona, ESP
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Muna (lavanguardia.com, 24 Jul 2018)
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Athlete
:
Industrial Engineering - Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, ESP
:
Spanish
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CN Atletic-Barceloneta [Spain] since 2013
:
David Martin [national], ESP
:
Centre forward (microplustiming.com, 10 Jan 2016)
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Right (len.eu, 16 Jul 2018)
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His father Alberto was a goalkeeper in water polo. His uncle Fernando Munarriz has been the president of the Waterpolo Navarra club in Spain. (eitb.eus, 07 Jul 2019; lavanguardia.com, 24 Jul 2018)
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2013 for Spain, World Championships in Barcelona, Spain (len.eu, 16 Jul 2018)
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He aggravated a knee injury while competing at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He had struggled with the injury for two years prior to the event. He underwent surgery and fully returned to competition in September 2015. (marca.com, 17 Jul 2017; rfen.es, 28 Sep 2015)
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Division de Honor [ESP] (rfen.es, 08 Feb 2020)
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He began swimming at age three and took up water polo at age 11 in Club Larraina in Pamplona, Spain. (lavanguardia.com, 24 Jul 2018; periodistadigital.com, 06 Sep 2013)
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His father, his uncle and his cousins were water polo players. "I played football, like every child in the city, until I got tired and changed to water polo, because there was a club next to my house and my cousin, who is the same age as me, had signed up for the sport." (lavanguardia.com, 24 Jul 2018; elpais.com, 23 Jul 2018; periodistadigital.com, 06 Sep 2013)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eitb.eus, 27 Jan 2020)
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Spanish water polo player Francisco Fernandez. (lavanguardia.com, 24 Jul 2018)
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In 2019 he received the Medal of Sports Merit from the Spanish Swimming Federation [RFEN]. (rfen.es, 03 Oct 2019)

He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2016/17 and 2018/19 Division de Honor in Spain. (fecor.es, 05 Jul 2019; marca.com, 17 Jul 2017)

He was named 2018 Athlete of the Year by the Navarre regional government in Spain. (natv.es, 25 Jan 2019)

In 2017 and 2018 he was named Most Valuable Player of the Spanish Cup. (cadenaser.com, 07 Feb 2018)
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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