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A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
The women's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena. [1] It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament. Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The twelve national teams were required to submit squads of 12 players. Additionally, teams could name one reserve player. [1] [2]
The water polo tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August. [1] [2] Preliminary water polo matches occurred at Paris Aquatic Centre, with the final playoffs staged at the iconic Paris La Défense Arena. Similar to the previous edition, twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed against ...
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. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa of the United States are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals ...
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 team won three gold medals in 2012,2016, and ...
The women's qualification for the Olympic water polo tournament occurred between July 2023 and February 2024, allocating ten teams for the final tournament. As the host nation, France reserved a direct spot each for the women's team. The remainder of the total quota was attributed to the eligible NOCs through a tripartite qualification pathway.
[5] [6] In 2016, she became the first African-American woman to make the US Olympic team in water polo. She was part of the gold-medal winning 2016 and 2020 U.S. women's water polo Olympic teams, and earned a spot on the 2024 U.S. women's water polo Olympic team. [7] [8] She is a 2017 graduate of Princeton University. She is 6'1" tall and her ...