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Clara Espar Llaquet (born 29 September 1994) is a Spanish
water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player who won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju.


College career

Espar attended
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, 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.


International career

In 2018 she won the gold medal at
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in Tarragona and the bronze at
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in Barcelona.


Family

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


See also

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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' Multiple gold medalists Multiple medalists Women Medalists by tour ...


References


External links

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Interview with Clara Espar
at BIWPA.com 1994 births Living people Water polo players from Barcelona Spanish female water polo players Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo Sportswomen from Catalonia San Jose State Spartans athletes Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate water polo players European Water Polo Championship medalists 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-waterpolo-bio-stub