Manuel Estiarte

Medal record
Men's Water Polo
Competitor for  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Team Competition
FINA World Cup
Bronze	1999 Sydney	Team Competition

Manuel Estiarte Duocastella (born October 26, 1961 in Manresa, Spain) is a former water polo player from Spain. He is considered by many the best of all time.

Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team. With the national squad he reached the finals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics on home soil. Estiarte converted a penalty 42 seconds from full time to put Spain ahead, but nine seconds later Italy equalised and went on to win 9-8 in extra time.

Four years later, he was part of the team that made up for this painful loss by winning gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, defeating Croatia 7-5 in the final. The 1996 tournament was the only one of his six Olympics when Estiarte was not the tournament's top scorer^[1]

He won the World Championship at Perth 1998 after finishing in second place at Perth 1991 and Rome 1994.

Estiarte is the second Spaniard to compete at six Olympic Games, after equestrian Luis Álvarez de Cervera. As of 2010, no other Spaniards have competed in six Olympics.

Estiarte is the first water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games. (While there is a case for Welshman Paul Radmilovic to be recognized as such, one of his appearances was the 1906 Intercalated Games, which are not considered 'official'.)

Since 2008, he has been the head of external relations of FC Barcelona^[2]

Manuel Estiarte celebrating Barcelona's 2009 UEFA Champions League Final with Josep Guardiola.

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

1. ^ Estiarte still going for goals
2. ^ Manel Estiarte, new head of external relations www.fcbarcelona.cat

External links

• Manuel Estiarte
• Spanish Olympic Committee

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Name	Estiarte, Manel
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