Anni Espar
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| Birth name | Anna Espar Llaquet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 8, 1993 Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Espar Llaquet (born 8 January 1993) is a Spanish female water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 FINA World Championships.[1]
Career
Espar also played on the Spain national water polo team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] She was the second-leading goal scorer in the event with 15 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.[3]
Espar was named the Best European Female Water Polo Player of 2012 by the LEN.[4]
Espar joined the University of Southern California women's water polo team in 2012.
In 2013 she won the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship in the longest match in championship game history.[5] Espar scored the winning goal in the third sudden-death overtime period.[6]
As a Freshman she was named to the ACWPC All-America First Team,[7] All-MPSF First Team,[8] MPSF All-Newcomer Team[8] and MPSF Player of the Week on Feb. 25 after scoring 8 goals in her first major tournament as a Trojan.[9]
International competitions
2011 FINA Junior World Championships, Trieste, Italy, 1st place.[10]
2012 Olympic Games, London, United Kingdom, 2nd place.- 2013 FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 1st place.
- 2013 FINA Junior World Championships, Volos, Greece, 2nd place.[11]
- 2014 European Championship, Budapest, Hungary. 1st place. [12]
2014 FINA World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 3rd place.[13]
References
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- ↑ "Water Polo Women: Day 7: Gold Medal: ESP 8 AUS 6" fina.org August 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Water polo (W) final day - USA captures elusive Olympic gold medal; Spain takes silver, Australia earns bronze" fina.org August 9, 2012.
- ↑ "USA Women Win GOLD! Team USA Tops Spain 8-5 In Olympic Games Final" usawaterpolo.org August 9, 2012.
- ↑ "Boskovic and Espar European Players of the Year" waterpoloworld.com October 24, 2012.
- ↑ "USC Outlasts Stanford 10-9 In Five Overtimes To Claim 2013 NCAA Championship" usawaterpolo.org May 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Espar scores in third sudden death to secure third national title for USC" ncaa.com June 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches 2013 All-American Teams" collegewaterpolocoach.org July, 2013.
- 1 2 "All-MPSF Women's Water Polo" mpsports.org May 1, 2013
- ↑ "USC Wins UC Irvine Tournament" mpsports.org February 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Spain on the top of the world" fina.org September 18, 2011.
- ↑ "USA takes gold after 9-7 win over Spain" fina.org August 25, 2013.
- ↑ "World champions Spain also claim European tittle" waterpoloworld.com July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "USA retains World Cup crown with repeat win over Australia" fina.org August 17, 2014.
External links
- Anni Espar SC University athlete profile at usctrojans.com
- Anni Espar on Twitter