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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 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 ...
The U.S. has been the dominant force in women’s water polo for more than a decade, winning gold medals in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics (postponed a year due to COVID).
The 2025 Women's FINA Water Polo World Cup will be the 19th edition of the tournament. It will run from 14 December 2024 to 13 April 2025. It will run from 14 December 2024 to 13 April 2025. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
FILE - United States head coach Adam Krikorian directs players during a quarterfinal round win over Canada in a women's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in ...
Men's water polo at the Olympics was the first team sport introduced at the 1900 games, along with cricket, rugby, football, polo (with horses), rowing and tug of war. [19] Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games after political protests from the Australian women's team. [20]
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the United States women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The United States women's national water polo team has participated in 7 of 7 official women's water polo tournaments .
Despite the U.S. women's water polo team's success — winning gold medals at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics — the sport doesn't get the same support that soccer, basketball and ...