Manuel Estiarte

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Estiarte and the second or maternal family name is Duocastella.

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte in 2009
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Spain
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Team competition
	1992 Barcelona	Team competition
World Championships
	1998 Perth	Team competition
	1991 Perth	Team competition
	1994 Rome	Team competition
World Cup
	1985 Duisburg	Team competition
	1991 Barcelona	Team competition
	1999 Sydney	Team competition
European Championship
	1991 Athens	Team competition
	1993 Sheffield	Team competition

Manel Estiarte i Duocastella (born October 26, 1961 in Manresa) is a Spanish former water polo player.

Career

National team

Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spain national team.

With the national squad he reached the finals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics on home soil. Estiarte converted a penalty 42 seconds from full-time to put Spain ahead, but nine seconds later Italy equalised and went on to win 9-8 in extra time.

Four years later, he was part of the team that made up for this painful loss by winning gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, defeating Croatia 7-5 in the final. The 1996 tournament was the only one of his six Olympics when Estiarte was not the tournament's top scorer.

He won the World Championship at Perth 1998 after finishing in second place at Perth 1991 and Rome 1994.

Estiarte is the second Spaniard to compete at six Olympic Games, after equestrian Luis Álvarez de Cervera. As of 2012, no other Spaniards have competed in six Olympics.

Estiarte is the first water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games. (While there is a case for Welshman Paul Radmilovic to be recognized as such, one of his appearances was the 1906 Intercalated Games, which are not considered 'official'.)

He was head of external relations at FC Barcelona from 2008 to 2012, under Pep Guardiola. Since June 2013 he serves as Guardiola's personal assistant at Bayern Munich.

Decorations

• Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

External links

• Manuel Estiarte
• Spanish Olympic Committee

Olympic Games
Preceded by Luis Doreste	Flagbearer for Spain Sidney 2000	Succeeded by Isabel Fernández
Awards
Preceded by Lance Armstrong	Prince of Asturias Award for Sports 2001	Succeeded by Brazil national football team