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[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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
t. e. These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The ten national teams were required to submit squads of 12 players. Additionally, teams could name one alternate player. In the event that a player on the submitted squad list suffered an injury or illness, that ...
Australian Kate Gynther holds the record for the most sprints won by a female water polo player at the Olympics, with 39 sprints won at three Olympics (2004–2012). Wang Yi of China won 35 sprints in two Olympic tournaments between 2008 and 2012. Legend and abbreviation. – Hosts.
Amanda Longan (/ ˈ l ɒ ŋ ɡ ən / LONG-gən; born January 16, 1997) [1] is an American water polo goalkeeper and member of the United States women's national water polo team.She became world champion at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. [2]
Giulia Gorlero of Italy holds the record for the most saves by a female water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic tournament, blocking 65 shots in the 2016 edition. At the 2016 Summer Games, Ashleigh Johnson saved 51 shots, including nine in the gold medal match, helping the American team win the Olympics.