María Elena Sánchez González (born 22 October 1994) is a Spanish

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

goalkeeper who won the silver medal with the women's national water polo team at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

celebrated in Tokyo, Japan.

International career

In 2018 she won the gold medal at the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

in Tarragona and the bronze at the

European Water Polo Championship The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and wo ...

in Barcelona.

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* * Spanish female water polo players Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Terrassa Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo Sportswomen from Catalonia Water polo players from Catalonia European Water Polo Championship medalists 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-waterpolo-bio-stub

International career

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