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| Beatriz
ORTIZ |
| Sport |
Water Polo |
| NOC |
Spain
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 21 Jun 1995
| | Height | 1.76 m |
| Weight | 64 kg |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
CN Terrassa: Spain |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Communications - Autonomous University of Barcelona: Spain |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Xavi Perez [club], ESP; Miguel Angel Oca [national], ESP |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Student |
Languages |
Catalan, Spanish |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Bea (cnrubi.com, 19 Jul 2016) |
Hobbies |
Watching movies and TV series, photography, reading, learning to cook, walking, painting. (womenfitness.net, 02 Aug 2021; Instagram profile, 17 May 2021; as.com, 30 Jul 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She used to practise artistic gymnastics before following her brothers into the sport. |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
She was named Female Water Polo Player of the Year for 2021 by the European Swimming Federation [LEN]. (len.eu, 31 Jan 2022)
In 2021 she was the recipient of an acknowledgement from the municipality of Rubi, Spain, in recognition of her silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (rubi.cat, 25 Nov 2021)
She was part of the Spanish national team that received an award from the Spanish Sports Press Association [AEPD] in recognition of their triumph at the 2020 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (aepde.org, 20 Sep 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Dec 2021)
She won the Premio Admiral for Best Young Female Athlete of 2020 in Spain. (clubnatacioterrassa.cat, 21 Dec 2020)
She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2020 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (clubnatacioterrassa.cat, 21 Dec 2020)
She was named MVP for both the 2017/18 Division de Honor season in Spain, and the 2018 Spanish Super Cup. (marca.com, 03 Oct 2018) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up water polo at age 11. |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Being the best implies being part of the best team. A player is not good by herself in a team sport like water polo - someone is good thanks to the rest of her teammates." (womenfitness.net, 02 Aug 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
Her family and friends. (womenfitness.net, 02 Aug 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Training Regime |
"I do yoga almost every morning. Three days a week we do joint training with the team and the other two days I do cardio or strength and abdominal exercises by myself at home. In addition to that I go out for a walk once or twice a day since we started to be able to go outside [during the COVID-19 pandemic]." |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
Team |
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| 5 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
Team |
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World Championship |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2024 |
Doha, QAT |
Team |
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| 2 |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
Team |
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| 5 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Team |
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| 2 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2023 |
Long Beach, CA, USA |
Team |
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| 4 |
2018 |
Surgut, RUS |
Team |
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| 3 |
2014 |
Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS |
Team |
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European Championship |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2024 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Team |
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| 1 |
2022 |
Split, CRO |
Team |
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| 1 |
2020 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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| 3 |
2018 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team |
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| 4 |
2016 |
Belgrade, SRB |
Team |
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