Anna Tarrés Campà (born 19 October 1967) is a synchronized swimming coach and former national synchronized swimmer from

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. She competed in the women's duet at the

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. After retiring from competition Tarrés began coaching at her swimming club, CN Kallipolis, in 1987, where she coached

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to international success. In 1997 she was appointed as head coach of the Spanish national synchronised swimming team: during her time in charge the team enjoyed great success, taking four Olympic medals, 26 World Championship medals, and 25 European Championship medals, however in September 2012 the

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informed her that her contract would not be extended beyond the end of the year. Shortly afterwards 15 former members of the team issued a public letter criticising Tarrés for using authoritarian and demeaning behaviour in her role as head coach, although Mengual and national team captain

Andrea Fuentes Andrea Fuentes Fache (born 7 April 1983 in Valls, Tarragona) is a Spanish swimming coach and former synchronised swimmer. She is the most decorated swimmer in the history of the Spanish national team, with four Olympic, 16 World Championship and ...

both spoke in Tarrés' defence, and Fuentes subsequently announced her retirement from elite competition in January 2013 due to demotivation as a result of the conflict between Tarrés and the federation. After her dismissal, Tarrés won a €383,000 lawsuit against the federation for unfair dismissal. After leaving the Spanish national team Tarrés was appointed as one of the coaches of the Ukrainian national team in 2015. She coached the Chinese artistic swimming team for the

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, leading them to a gold medal. She was elected deputy in the

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in the 21 December 2017 Catalan regional elections.

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