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Clara Espar

Clara Espar

Spanish water polo player

Clara Espar Llaquet (born 29 September 1994) is a Spanish water polo player who won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest[1] and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju.[2]

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Espar and the second or maternal family name is Llaquet.

College career

Espar attended San Jose State University, playing on the women's water polo team from 2014 to 2015. She scored 96 goals as a freshman and 94 as a sophomore being the first player in San Jose State history to score at least one goal in every single match in a season.[3]

International career

In 2018 she won the gold medal at Mediterranean Games in Tarragona[4] and the bronze at European Championship in Barcelona.[5]

Family

Espar's older sister, Anni, is also a professional water polo player.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown". FINA.org. 28 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Day 7: Women's Water Polo: USA shoots down Spain for historic sixth crown". FINA.org. 26 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    Clara Espar – San Jose State University athlete profile at SJSUspartans.com
  4. [4]
    "Spain, the first women's waterpolo winners in the Mediterranean Games". Tarragona2018.cat. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Summary, Day 14 – Women's finals". LEN.eu. 27 July 2018.


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