Clara Basiana

Clara Basiana Cañellas[lower-alpha 1] (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]

Clara Basiana
Medal record
Women's synchronized swimming
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona Team technical
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona Team free
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona Routine combination
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Team technical
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Team free
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Eindhoven Team routine
Gold medal – first place 2012 Eindhoven Combination routine
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin Combination routine
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin Team routine

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 Belarusian team, even though the tournament occurred shortly after Belarus' high-profile hijacking of Ryanair Flight 4978.[3]

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Basiana and the second or maternal family name is Cañellas.

References
  1. "Russia retain Team Synchronised Swimming title". London2012.com. August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  2. "Clara Basiana | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. "As Israeli swimmers took 4th place in an Olympic trial, a TV commentator criticized their country". JTA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. "Polémica en TV3: una comentarista de Deportes ataca a Israel en la retransmisión". El Nacional. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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