Clara Espar

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| name = Clara Espar

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| fullname = Clara Espar Llaquet

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|9|29}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

| height = 5 ft 8 in

| weight = 154 lb

| country = {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

| sport = Water polo

| collegeteam = San Jose State Spartans

| club = CE Mediterrani

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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{{cite web|url=http://fina.org/news/day-7-womens-water-polo-usa-rolls-spain-fifth-world-crown|title=Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown|website=FINA.org|date=28 July 2017}} and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju.{{cite web|url=https://www.fina.org/news/day-7-womens-water-polo-usa-shoots-down-spain-historic-sixth-crown|title=Day 7: Women's Water Polo: USA shoots down Spain for historic sixth crown|website=FINA.org|date=26 July 2019}}

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.[https://sjsuspartans.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3844 Clara Espar] – San Jose State University athlete profile at SJSUspartans.com

International career

In 2018 she won the gold medal at Mediterranean Games in Tarragona{{cite web |url=https://www.tarragona2018.cat/en/spain-the-first-womens-waterpolo-winners-in-the-mediterranean-games/ |title=Spain, the first women's waterpolo winners in the Mediterranean Games |website=Tarragona2018.cat |date=1 July 2018 |access-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529115638/https://www.tarragona2018.cat/en/spain-the-first-womens-waterpolo-winners-in-the-mediterranean-games/ |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=dead }} and the bronze at European Championship in Barcelona.{{cite web|url=http://www2.len.eu/?p=12643|title=Summary, Day 14 – Women's finals|website=LEN.eu |date=27 July 2018}}

Family

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

References

External links

{{Sports links}}
{{Instagram | id= claraespar7 | name= Clara Espar}}
[http://www.biwpa.com/en/blog/clara-espar-interview/ Interview with Clara Espar] at BIWPA.com

Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:Water polo players from Barcelona

Category:Spanish female water polo players

Category:Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo

Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain

Category:Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo