Guillermo Molina Ríos (born 16 March 1984 in Ceuta) is a Spanish water polo player who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in four consecutive Summer Olympics (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio.[1] He was the joint top goalscorer at the 2016 Olympics, with 19 goals.[2] Afterwards he competed for Italy men's national water polo team in the 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship. He helped Italian water polo club Pro Recco win the LEN Champions League in 2009–10 and 2011–12 season.
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| Full name | Guillermo Molina Ríos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
16 March 1984 Ceuta, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2016 2018 |
Spain Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated: 12 March 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
edit- Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillermo Molina (full name: Guillermo Molina Ríos)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo" (PDF). olympic.org. IOC. p. 100. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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