Ana Tarrés

Anna Tarrés

Tarrés in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Anna Tarrés Campà
Nationality	Spain
Born	(1967-10-19) 19 October 1967 (age 57) Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Synchronized swimming
Club	CN Kallipolis
Updated on 18 November 2014

Ana Tarrés
Member of the Catalan Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 January 2018
Constituency	Barcelona

Anna Tarrés Campà (born 19 October 1967) is a synchronized swimming coach and former national synchronized swimmer from Spain. She competed in the women's duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] After retiring from competition Tarrés began coaching at her swimming club, CN Kallipolis, in 1987, where she coached Gemma Mengual to international success.[2] In 1997 she was appointed as head coach of the Spanish national synchronised swimming team: during her time in charge the team enjoyed great success, taking four Olympic medals, 26 World Championship medals, and 25 European Championship medals, however in September 2012 the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation informed her that her contract would not be extended beyond the end of the year. Shortly afterwards 15 former members of the team issued a public letter criticising Tarrés for using authoritarian and demeaning behaviour in her role as head coach,[3] although Mengual and national team captain Andrea Fuentes both spoke in Tarrés' defence,[4] and Fuentes subsequently announced her retirement from elite competition in January 2013 due to demotivation as a result of the conflict between Tarrés and the federation.[5] After her dismissal, Tarrés won a €383,000 lawsuit against the federation for unfair dismissal.[6]

After leaving the Spanish national team Tarrés was appointed as one of the coaches of the Ukrainian national team in 2015.[7] She coached the Chinese artistic swimming team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, leading them to a gold medal.[8]

She was elected deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia in the 21 December 2017 Catalan regional elections.

References

1. "Ana Tarrés Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
2. Torres, Diego (21 August 2008). "Epopeya española" [Spanish epic]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
3. ""¡Fuera del agua, gorda!"" [“Out of the water, fatty!”]. El País (in Spanish). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
4. Tronchoni, Nadia (25 September 2012). ""La denuncia pertenece al ámbito privado"" [“The complaint is a private matter”]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2016.
5. Tronchoni, Nadia (30 January 2013). ""Me entristece ver dos bandos"" ["It saddens me to see two sides fighting"]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
6. "La RFEN tendrá que indemnizar a Tarrés con 383.000 euros" [RFEN will have to compensate Tarrés 383,000 euros]. RTVE (in Spanish). EFE. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2024. [The Social Court No. 2 of Tarrasa (Barcelona) has ordered the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) to pay compensation of €383,300 to Ana Tarrés, former coach of the Spanish synchronized swimming team.]
7. Torres, Diego (8 March 2016). "Fuego a discreción en la sincronizada española" [Secret fire in Spanish synchro]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
8. Vallaure, Juan (7 August 2024). "Anna Tarrés, la independentista que gana oros con China tras ser destituida en España por autoritaria" [Anna Tarrés, the independence activist, wins gold with China after being dismissed in Spain for being authoritarian]. El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2024. [Just ask Ana Tarrés (Barcelona, 1967), the current Chinese synchronized swimming coach. The Catalan coached Spain between 1987 and 2012 and has now won a new gold medal with the Asian country, after beating the United States and Spain in the grand final of synchronized swimming at the Paris Olympic Games.]