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| Born | June 29, 1985 (age 37) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
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Alison Gregorka (born June 29, 1985) is an American water polo player. She started playing at the age of 14. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [1] [2] She is now coaching high school water polo in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She also appeared on the show Wipeout on ABC during the winter version of the show.
Gregorka played NCAA women's water polo at Stanford University.
In June 2009, Gregorka was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.
Gregorka also made an appearance on ABC's Winter Wipeout , Season 4, Episode 1, where she won a $1,000 bonus for remaining on "The Ski Lift" the longest. She was eliminated in the third challenge, "Seven Letter Word". She returned with past "Summer Wipeout" winner from Season 4, Episode 19, Sarah Cooper, as partners on Season 5, Episode 10. This was an episode for returning wipeout competitors, winners and losers, that team up together. Gregorka and Cooper, however, failed to complete the second challenge, "The Hangover", but both managed to walk away with $500 when Gregorka tagged the show's mascot, Smallsy, on the Big Balls.
Brenda Villa is an accomplished American water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
Heather Danielle Petri is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and the gold medal in London 2012. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. Her position is attacker.
Sofia Evgenevna Konukh is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic women's tournament in history. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics. She is also a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals.
Anikó Pelle is an international water polo player from Hungary, who played for the University of Southern California from 1999 to 2002, and on the Hungarian National Team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In 2000, Pelle received the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation's top women's collegiate water polo player.
Tania Di Mario is an Italian female water polo forward, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was also part of the Italian team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
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.
Elizabeth Anne "Betsey" Armstrong is an American water polo goalkeeper, who won gold medals with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games, and 2007 and 2009 world championships. She is a leading goalkeeper in Olympic water polo history, with 102 saves. Armstrong attended Huron High School in Ann Arbor and was a three-year letterwinner on her water polo team. She then went on to graduate from the University of Michigan in 2005, where she was the goalkeeper for the women's water polo team. Betsey graduated with a bachelor's degree in English language and Literature. She is currently the record holder at University of Michigan with 350 saves.
Antigoni Roumpesi or Antigoni Roumbesi is a Greek water polo player, World Aquatics gold champion and Olympic silver medalist with the Greece women's national water polo team.
Courtney Lynn Kaiulani Mathewson is an American water polo player, part of the US team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played water polo for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins during their four-consecutive NCAA National Champion Women's Water Polo championships, and was named to the All-Tournament first team. At UCLA, she majored in sociology.
Patricia Cardenas is an American water polo player. She played for Bell Gardens High School, Golden West College, University of Southern California, and the United States national water polo team. She won a silver medal with the U.S. at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Kameryn Louise "Kami" Craig is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a gold medal in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016.
Amy Hetzel is an Australian former water polo player and television sports presenter. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. and silver at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne.
Barbara Bujka is a Hungarian female water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's event. She is 5 ft 8.5 inches tall. In 2013–14 season she played for Olympiacos in Greece, winning both the LEN Trophy and the Greek Championship.
Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is 5 ft 7 inches tall.
Melissa Jon Seidemann is an American water polo player. She won the National Championship with Stanford University in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Nadezhda Sergeyevna Glyzina is a Russian female water polo player. She was a member of the Russia women's national water polo team, playing as a driver. She was a part of the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Kinef Kirishi in Russia.
Evgenia Viktorovna Soboleva is a Russian water polo player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Russia women's national water polo team in the women's event. She also competed at 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Samantha "Sami" Hill is an American water polo goalkeeper. She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, where she played in the goalkeeper position. She was also part of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Ashleigh Elizabeth Johnson is an American water polo player considered by many to be the best goalkeeper in the world. She was part of the American team that won the gold medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. 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.
Giulia Gorlero is an Italian water polo goalkeeper.
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