Anna Espar

Anni Espar

Espar in Barcelona on July 27, 2013
Personal information
Birth name	Anna Espar Llaquet
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 24) Barcelona, Spain
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Sport
Sport	Water polo
College team	USC Trojans
Club	CN Sabadell
Medal record Women's water polo Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2012 London Team competition World Championships 2013 Barcelona Team competition European Championships 2014 Budapest Team competition World Cup 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk Team competition World League 2016 Shanghai Team competition

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.

Espar also played on the Spain national water polo team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the second-leading goal scorer in the event with 15 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.

Espar was named the Best European Female Water Polo Player of 2012 by the LEN.

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. Espar scored the winning goal in the third sudden-death overtime period.

As a Freshman she was named to the ACWPC All-America First Team, All-MPSF First Team, MPSF All-Newcomer Team and MPSF Player of the Week on 25 February after scoring 8 goals in her first major tournament as a Trojan.

Espar joined the Sidney Uni Lions women's water polo team in 2017 winning the Australian National Water Polo League and ending with an unprecedented undefeated season for the Lions (23 wins and a draw in 24 matches). Espar was also named to the 2017 NWPL All Star Team.