Daniel López (water polo)

Daniel López Pinedo^[a][1] (born 16 July 1980 in Barcelona) is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in two Summer Olympics (2012 London and 2016 Rio. He helped Spanish water polo club CN Atlètic-Barceloneta win the LEN Champions League in 2013–14 season. He is 6 ft 3 inches tall.^[2]

Daniel López
Personal information
Full name	Daniel López Pinedo
Born	(1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44) Barcelona, Spain
Nationality	Spain
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Position	Goalkeeper
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Atlètic-Barceloneta
Number	1
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1997–2000	Mediterrani
2000–2008	Sant Andreu
2008–2022	Atlètic-Barceloneta
National team
Years	Team
2009–2021	Spain
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Spain World Championships 2009 Rome Team 2019 Gwangju Team FINA World Cup 2010 Oradea Team European Championships 2018 Barcelona Team 2020 Budapest Team FINA World League 2012 Kazakhstan 2018 Budapest
Last updated: 12 March 2020

Honours

Club

Atlètic-Barceloneta

• LEN Champions League: 2013–14
• LEN Super Cup: 2014
• Spanish Championship: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Copa de Cataluña: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17

Awards

• All-Tournament Team of the 2019 World Championship
• Second Top European Player in the World by LEN: 2018,^[3] 2019^[4]
• Member of the World Team 2018 by total-waterpolo
• Best Goalkeeper of 2009–10,^[5] 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Spanish Championship with Atlètic-Barceloneta
• Best Goalkeeper of 2018 European Championship
• Best Goalkeeper of 2020 European Championship
• Best Goalkeeper of 2019 World Championship
• All-Tournament Team of the 2019 World Championship

See also

• Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Pinedo.

References

1. "XXXII JJOO Tokyo 2020 - Natación / Waterpolo: Hombres". COE.es (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Español. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
2. "Daniel Lopez Pinedo". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
3. "LEN Awards 2018 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
4. "LEN Awards 2019 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 27 February 2022.
5. "El Cuervo Waterpolo Blog: El Barceloneta otra vez". El Cuervo Waterpolo Blog (in Spanish). 29 May 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

External links

• Daniel López at World Aquatics
• Daniel López at Olympedia (archive)
• Daniel López at Olympics.com