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Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.. As of 2016, women's teams from Europe, North America and Oceania won all five gold medals. [1]The United States is the most successful country in the women's Olympic water polo tournament, with three Olympic gold medals.
The United States women's national water polo team represents the United States in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is one of the leading teams in the world since the late 1990s. Women's water polo has been on the international stage since 1978 and was an exhibition sport at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics ...
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics.Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.. There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo.
The 2005 Hawaii women's water polo team, coached by Canadian Michel Roy, has nine international players, the most of any team in the nation. Teams from California dominate at the collegiate level. In the United States, water polo players tend to have prestigious academic backgrounds as well.
As of 2016, two water polo players won Olympic medals and then guided women's national water polo teams to the Olympic podium as head coaches. With the Hungary men's national water polo team, István Görgényi won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was appointed head coach of the Australia women's national team in 1998 ...
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organized by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. As of 2024, women's water polo teams from seven countries won all 17 tournaments. [1]
The U.S. women’s water polo team won a gold medal and became the first ever to defend its Olympic title on Friday, defeating Italy by 12-5.
Water polo; Women's water polo; Athlete count for water polo; Water polo venues; Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (women's tournament) Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (women's tournament) Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (women's tournament) Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)