María del Carmen "Maica" García Godoy (born 17 October 1990) 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 ...
player, playing at the centre forward position. She is tall and she plays for the Spanish club
CN Sabadell
Club Natació Sabadell is a Spanish aquatic sports club from Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain.
Founded in 1916, it is best known for its professional women's water polo team, which has been the most successful team in the national championship in recent ...
. Maica is part of the
Spain national team.
Honours
Godoy has won the "Triple Crown" and 13 medals in these three major competitions, three
Olympics
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, four
World Championships
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, and six
European Championships
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
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List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships, world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament, 1986.
Abbreviations
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References
External links
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Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Spain in water polo
Olympic silver medalists for Spain in water polo
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
European Water Polo Championship medalists
Water polo centre forwards
Spanish female water polo players
Water polo players from Catalonia
Sportspeople from Sabadell
1990 births
Living people
21st-century Spanish sportswomen
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