Clara Basiana
Medal record | ||
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Women's synchronized swimming | ||
Representing Spain | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2012 London | Team | |
World Championships | ||
2013 Barcelona | Team technical | |
2013 Barcelona | Team free | |
2013 Barcelona | Routine combination | |
2011 Shanghai | Team technical | |
2011 Shanghai | Team free | |
European Championships | ||
2012 Eindhoven | Team routine | |
2012 Eindhoven | Combination routine | |
2014 Berlin | Combination routine | |
2014 Berlin | Team routine |
Clara Basiana Cañellas[a] (born 23 January 1991 in Barcelona) is a Spanish competitor in synchronized swimming since 2009. She won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] Her mother, Antonia Cañellas, was also a national champion in synchronised swimming.[2] Basiana Cañellas retired in 2016, after Spain did not qualify for the Olympics.[2]
Career[]
Under 15
2006 SEVILLA Co.me.n Cup: silver medal TEAM, gold medal COMBO.
Junior
2007 CALELLA European Championships: silver medal TEAM and COMBO.
2008 ANGERS European Championships: silver medal TEAM and COMBO. SAINT PETERSBOURG World Championships: 7th COMBO and 6th TEAM.
2009 GLOUCESTER European Championships: bronze medal TEAM and COMBO, silver medal DUET.
Senior
2009 ROME World Championships: gold medal COMBO.
2010 BUDAPEST European Championships: silver medal TEAM and COMBO.
2011 SHANGHAI World Championships: bronze medal TEAM TECH and TEAM FREE.
2012 LONDON Olympic Games: bronze medal TEAM. EINDHOVEN European Championships: gold medal TEAM and COMBO.
2013 BARCELONA World Championships: silver medal TEAM TECH, TEAM FREE and COMBO.
2014 BERLIN European Championships
Post-career and controversy[]
While serving as television commentator for an Olympic qualifying event, Basiana said the Israeli team's presence in the competition "is another strategy for whitewash the genocide and violations of human rights that they’re committing against the Palestinian people." "We’ve seen it repeatedly in Eurovision, and it’s as though the war crimes of the State of Israel are erased and we’d like to point this out to the viewers so as not to normalize it."[3] Basiana was praised in some quarters for speaking "truth" about Israeli human rights violations, while others argued that she improperly conflated politics and sport and that imputing Israeli governmental policies to Israeli athletes was equivalent to associating Basiana, a former Spanish national team member, with abusive Spanish practices in Catalonia.[4] Critics also observed that Basiana gave no comment on the human rights issues surrounding the second-place Belarussian team, even though the tournament occurred shortly after Belarus' the high-profile hijacking of Ryanair Flight 4978.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Basiana and the second or maternal family name is Cañellas.
References[]
- ^ "Russia retain Team Synchronised Swimming title". London2012.com. August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ a b "Clara Basiana | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ a b "As Israeli swimmers took 4th place in an Olympic trial, a TV commentator criticized their country". JTA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Polémica en TV3: una comentarista de Deportes ataca a Israel en la retransmisión". El Nacional. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
External links[]
- Clara Basiana at FINA
- Clara Basiana at Olympics.com
- Clara Basiana at the Spanish Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
- Clara Basiana at Olympedia
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Spanish synchronized swimmers
- Olympic synchronized swimmers of Spain
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
- Swimmers from Barcelona