Spain women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Spain women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Spain women's national water polo team has participated in 3 of 6 women's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

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Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference Cap No. Water polo cap number
Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Oly debut Olympic debut in water polo
(C) Captain p. page pp. pages

Team statistics

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See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

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Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  •  1st  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Women's team[1] 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Years
 Spain 2nd 5th 2nd 3
Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10

Number of appearances

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Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Women's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Spain 3 3 3 2012 2020 Runners-up Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Women's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Spain Runners-up (2012, 2020) 3 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Women's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Spain 2 2 (2012, 2020) 2012 2020

Medal table

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Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Women's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Spain (ESP)0202

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of four-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympians: 0
  • Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Multiple medalists

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See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 6
  • Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Legend
  •     – Hosts
Female athletes who won two or more Olympic medals in water polo
Rk Player Birth Height Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)		 Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 Marta Bach 1993 1.76 m
(5 ft 9 in)		 FP 2012 2016 2020 9 years
(19/28)		 0 2 0 2 [2]
Anni Espar 1993 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)		 FP 2012 2016 2020 9 years
(19/28)		 0 2 0 2 [3]
Laura Ester 1990 1.72 m
(5 ft 8 in)		 GK 2012 2016 2020 9 years
(22/31)		 0 2 0 2 [4]
Maica García 1990 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in)		 FP 2012 2016 2020 9 years
(21/30)		 0 2 0 2 [5]
Pili Peña 1986 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in)		 FP 2012 2016 2020 9 years
(26/35)		 0 2 0 2 [6]
Roser Tarragó 1993 1.71 m
(5 ft 7 in)		 FP 2012 2016 2020 9 years
(19/28)		 0 2 0 2 [7]

Top goalscorers

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See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
  • Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 4
  • Last updated: 12 August 2021.
Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals		 Water polo tournaments
(goals)		 Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Anni Espar 1993 Right 37 2012
(15)		 2016
(7)		 2020
(15)		 19/28 [3]
2 Roser Tarragó 1993 Right 29 2012
(5)		 2016
(15)		 2020
(9)		 19/28 [7]
3 Maica García 1990 Right 27 2012
(7)		 2016
(11)		 2020
(9)		 21/30 [5]
4 Beatriz Ortiz 1995 Right 23 2016
(5)		 2020
(18)		 21/26 [8]
5 Judith Forca 1996 Left 21 2016
(7)		 2020
(14)		 20/25 [9]

Source:

Goalkeepers

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See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
2012 1 Laura Ester 1990 22 36 86 41.9% Starting goalkeeper [4]
13 Ana Copado 1980 32 0 0 — [10]
2016 1 Laura Ester (2) 1990 26 41 94 43.6% Starting goalkeeper [4]
13 Patricia Herrera 1993 23 1 5 20.0% [11]
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref

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Top sprinters

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The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won): 0
  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 1
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 1
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 0
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics
Rk Sprinter Birth Total
sprints
won		 Total
sprints
contested		 Eff % Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)		 Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Jennifer Pareja 1984 21 24 87.5% 2012
(21/24)		 28/28 [12]
2 Roser Tarragó 1993 13 20 65.0% 2012
(0/0)		 2016
(13/20)		 19/23 [7]

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Coach statistics

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See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

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The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided Spain women's national water polo team to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.[13]

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total medals Ref
Age Men's team Pos Medal Age Women's team Medal G S B T
1 Miki Oca 1970 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in)		 22–26  Spain FP 1992* , 1996 42  Spain 2012 , 2020 1 3 0 4 [13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Marta Bach". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Anni Espar". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Laura Ester". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Maica García". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Pili Peña". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Roser Tarragó". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Beatriz Ortiz". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Judith Forca". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Ana Copado". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Patricia Herrera". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Jennifer Pareja". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Miki Oca". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

Sources

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Official Results Books (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Reports (FINA)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

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Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

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Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

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International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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