Clara Badia

{{Short description|Spanish field hockey player (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Clara Badia

| fullname = Clara Badia Bogner

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|2|5}}

| birth_place = Terrassa, Spain

| position = Midfield

| years1 = 2021–2023

| clubs1 = Mannheimer

| years2 = 2023–2024

| clubs2 = Atlètic Terrassa

| years3 = 2024–

| clubs3 = Mannheimer

| nationalyears1 = 2017–2019

| nationalteam1 = Spain U–21

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2022–

| nationalteam2 = Spain

| nationalcaps2 = 18

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIH Nations Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2022–23 Valencia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey U21 Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Valencia|}}

}}

Clara Badia Bogner (born 5 February 1998){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/758/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Spain |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=24 January 2025}} is a Spanish field and indoor hockey player from Catalonia.{{cite web |url=https://rfeh.es/absf/ |title=ABSOLUTA FEMENINA |publisher=Real Federación Española de Hockey |website=rfeh.es |language=es |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/clara-badia |title=CLARA BADIA |publisher=International Olympic Committee |website=olympics.com |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/field_hockey/clara-badia/7753003/ |title=Clara Badia – Player Info |publisher=Global Sports Archive |website=globalsportsarchive.com |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.diarideterrassa.com/deportes/2023/05/29/clara-badia-torna-a-latletic-terrassa/ |title=Clara Badia returns to Atlético Terrassa |publisher=Diari de Terrassa |website=diarideterrassa.com |language=es |date=29 May 2023 |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.totrubi.cat/actualitat/esports/xantal-gine-jugara-jocs-olimpics-paris-seleccio-espanyola_2200477102.html |title=Xantal Giné jugarà als Jocs Olímpics de París amb la selecció espanyola |publisher=TOT Rubí |website=totrubi.cat |language=Catalan |date=10 July 2024 |accessdate=24 January 2025}}

Personal life

Clara Badia was born and raised in Terrassa.

Field hockey

=Domestic league=

Badia currently plays in the German Bundesliga and Euro Hockey League for Mannheimer.{{cite web |url=https://eurohockey.altiusrt.com/people/5029 |title=BADIA BOGNER Clara |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=eurohockey.altiusrt.com |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mannheimerhc.de/bundesliga-kader-damen/ |title=Kader Damen (Feld 24/25) |publisher=Mannheimer HC |website=mannheimerhc.de |language=German |accessdate=24 January 2025}}

She has also previously represented Atlètic Terrassa the Liga Iberdrola.

=Under–21=

Badia captained the history making Spanish U–21 team in 2019 that won gold at the EuroHockey U–21 Championship in Valencia.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/18294 |title=BADIA Clara |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/spain-makes-history-as-they-claim-the-eurohockey-junior-championship/ |title=SPAIN MAKES HISTORY AS THEY CLAIM THE EUROHOCKEY JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=archive.eurohockey.org |accessdate=24 January 2025 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019024817/https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/spain-makes-history-as-they-claim-the-eurohockey-junior-championship/ |url-status=dead }}

=Red Sticks=

In 2022, Badia made her senior international debut for Las Redsticks. She made her first appearance in an FIH Pro League match against the Netherlands. She also made her major tournament debut later that year, winning a silver medal at the FIH Nations Cup in Valencia.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/india-seal-fih-pro-league-berth-beat-spain-1-0-to-win-womens-nations-cup/articleshow/96307293.cms |title=India seal FIH Pro League berth, beat Spain 1-0 to win Women's Nations Cup |publisher=Times of India |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=17 December 2022 |accessdate=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/india-shows-nerves-of-steel-to-defeat-spain-1-0-in-the-final-of-fih-womens-nations-cup-2022 |title=India shows nerves of steel to defeat Spain 1-0 in the Final of FIH Women's Nations Cup 2022 |publisher=Hockey India |website=hockeyindia.org |date=17 December 2022 |accessdate=24 January 2025}}

Badia has been a reserve at both the 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup in Terrassa and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

She is a member of the 2025 national squad.{{Cite web |title=CONVOCATORIA ABSOLUTA FEMENINA FIH PRO LEAGUE AUSTRALIA E INDIA |url=https://rfeh.es/convocatoria-absoluta-femenina-fih-pro-league-australia-e-india/ |publisher=Real Federación Española de Hockey |website=rfeh.es |language=es |date=20 January 2025 |access-date=24 January 2025}}

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