Paula Leitón

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Paula Leitón Arrones[1][a] (born 27 April 2000) is a Spanish female water polo player.

Paula Leitón
Personal information
Full namePaula Leitón Arrones
Born (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24)
Terrassa, Spain
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2022 Split
Silver medal – second place 2024 Eindhoven
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Long Beach
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Team

She was part of the Spanish team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.[2] She participated in the 2016 FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships, winning a silver medal[3] and she represented Spain's women water polo in the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro in 2016.[4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Leitón and the second or maternal family name is Arrones.

References

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  1. ^ "UAB students to participate in the Olympic Games Paris 2024". UAB.cat. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 19 July 2024. As for water polo, the UAB Olympians are the goalkeeper of the women's national team Laura Ester Ramos (Biochemistry alumni), Álvaro Granados Ortega (Law), Nonas Pérez Vivas (Psychology), Paula Leitón Arrones (Sociocultural Gender Studies), Elena Ruiz Barril (Nursing) and Isabel Piralkova Coello (International Relations).
  2. ^ "BCN 2015 Spanish Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ "YWCAuckland16 | 3rd FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships". www.ywcauckland16.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ SABADELL, EL PERIÓDICO / (12 August 2016). "La waterpolista egarense Paula Leiton ficha por el CN Sabadell". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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