PENA Pili

Date of Birth: 4 Apr 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: MADRID

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
2	Women	2012	London, GBR
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2013	Barcelona, ESP
2	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
2	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN
7	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS
7	Women	2007	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
8	Women	2009	Rome, ITA
11	Women	2011	Shanghai, CHN
11	Women	2005	Montreal, QC, CAN

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

Piluka, Pili (as.com, 27 Jul 2019)

Cooking, yoga. (as.com, 12 Jun 2020; mundodeportivo.com, 19 Dec 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

CN Terrassa [Barcelona, ESP] since 2019

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

Position style:

Wing (rio2016.com, 09 Aug 2016)

Left (as.com, 27 Jul 2019)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (Twitter profile, 29 Apr 2021)

She began focusing on water polo at age 18, after combining it with swimming in the early years of her sporting career. (as.com, 24 Oct 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mundodeportivo.com, 19 Dec 2020)

Alongside her teammates in the Spanish national team, she received the Extraordinary Medal for Sports Merit from the Spanish Swimming Federation in recognition of the bronze medal they won at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain. (rfen.es, 04 Oct 2018)

In 2014 she received the Silver Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit from the Spanish government. (csd.gob.es, 01 Dec 2014)

In 2013 she received the Gold Insignia from the city of Alcorcon, Spain, alongside her national team coach Miguel Angel Oca. (elconfidencial.com, 07 Aug 2013)

A swimming pool was named in her honour in Navalcan, Spain. A sports hall in Alcorcon, Spain, is named after her and coach Miguel Angel Oca. (as.com, 23 Oct 2017; elconfidencial.com, 07 Aug 2013)

General Interest

General
STUDIES
She has bachelor degrees in child education, psychology, and pedagogy, and has also trained as a yoga instructor in India. "You have to keep your mind busy. Sometimes you get so obsessed with sports but you need to keep on studying. I went [to India] alone. It was very intense. We started the day at 05:00 and kept going until 20:00. At the beginning everything was unknown, I didn't know anyone. I had to adapt to my classmates, teachers and the classes. During the second week I was not in the mood, because you start missing home. But then you get used to it, and in the end saying goodbye was sad." (as.com, 11 Jan 2020)

LEADER
She was named captain of the Spanish national team in 2016. (as.com, 27 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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