Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre where women competed for only the second time in the event at the Summer Olympics.
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.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. 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 is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
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.
The Hungary women's national water polo team represents Hungary in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the early 1990s, claiming the world title at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy and at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada.
Krisztina Szremkó is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Rita Drávucz is a water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the London, Great Britain.
Hungary competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Hungarian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Hungarian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1956. A total of 159 athletes, 97 men and 62 women, competed in 18 sports.
Melissa Alison Rippon is an Australian water polo player. Her sister is Rebecca Rippon and her step-sister is Kate Gynther, both of whom have been members of Australia's national water polo team and competed at the Olympics. She plays for the Brisbane Barracudas who compete in the National Water Polo League. She represented Australia in water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics winning bronze medals at both of the latter two. She has earned a bronze medal at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, and a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Rita Keszthelyi is a Hungarian water polo player. At the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's tournament.
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.
Margaret Ann Steffens is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Steffens set a new Olympic record for the most number of goals scored by an individual player in women's water polo at the Olympic Games.
Anna Espar Llaquet is a Spanish water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. She also won the silver medal at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Anna Krisztina Illés is a Hungarian water polo player. At the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's tournament.
Krisztina Garda is a Hungarian water polo player. At the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's tournament.
Erzsebet Valkai is a Hungarian and Italian female water polo player. She competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Later she switched her nationality to Italian. She was a member of the Italy women's national water polo team, playing as a centre forward at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Roma in Italy.
Patricia Horvath was a Hungarian water polo player. She was a member of the Hungary women's national water polo team, playing as a goalkeeper.
Fruzsina Brávik was a Hungarian female water polo player. She was a member of the Hungary women's national water polo team, playing as a driver. She was a part of the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Dove Dunaújváros in Hungary.
Ágnes Valkai is a Hungarian female water polo player. She was a member of the Hungary women's national water polo team, playing as a driver. She was a part of the Hungary team that claimed the gold medal at the 2005 FINA World Championship in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was also a part of the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Olympiacos in Greece and for Roma in Italy.
Ildikó Zirighné Sós is a Hungarian female water polo player. She was a member of the Hungary women's national water polo team, playing as a goalkeeper.
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