Club Natacio Barcelona, commonly known as CN Barcelona, is a Spanish multi sports club based in Barcelona, founded on 10 November 1907 by Bernat Picornell and a group of sixteen friends. It was the first swimming club in Spain and today also competes in athletics, diving, karate, petanca, pilota, rugby, sailing, water polo and triathlon. In water polo the club plays in the Division de Honor at its Nova Escollera venue and has won one European Cup, two LEN Trophies, forty Spanish Championships, nineteen Spanish Leagues and eight Spanish Cups, making it the most successful club in Spanish water polo history.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, located there.
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1. Wikipedia, CN Barcelona
Wikidata: CN Barcelona
Wikidata Q856354, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Frequently Asked Questions
Is CN Barcelona only a water polo club?
No. It is a multi sports club that began as Spain's first swimming club.
No. Club Natacio Barcelona was founded on 10 November 1907 by Bernat Picornell and a group of 16 friends, and it became the first swimming club in Spain. It is also active in athletics, diving, karate, petanca, pilota, rugby, sailing, swimming, water polo and triathlon, although water polo is where it has won its most titles.
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