Gabriella Palm

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Gabriella Palm
Personal information
Birth nameGabriella Palm
NicknameGabi
National team Australia
Born (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Home townBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Education Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Alma mater University of Queensland
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport Water polo
Medal record
Women's Water polo
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gwangju Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Surgut Team

Gabriella Palm (born 20 May 1998) is an Australian water polo player.

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Education

Palm attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School. [1]

International career

Gabriella Palm stoppes the penalty shootout sending Australia to final in 2024 Olympic Games.

Palm was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] By finishing second in their pool, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal. [7]

During the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics in semifinal against United States, she stoppes the sixth round of the penalty shootout sending Australia to final. [8]

Family

Her father is former rugby union player Mitchell Palm. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Gabriella Palm rises from the schoolgirl ranks to dare to dream about Olympic selection". Andrew Dawson. The Courier Mail. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "PALM Gabriella". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Knocked out by a nation that shouldn't be at Games". The Adelaide now. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Stingers rally in water polo to beat Dutch". Murray Wenzel. 7News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "LIVESTREAM WATER POLO: Dynamic trio back at Thunder". The Courier Mail. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Desire makes Ms Natural Gabi Palm". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "2020 Olympics". www.theroar.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Pender, Kieran (8 August 2024). "Stingers stun USA in sudden-death shootout to reach Olympic water polo gold medal match". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics 2021: Daughters of famous footy players heading to Tokyo as part of water polo team". The Australian. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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