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.
Sport in Serbia plays an important role, and the country has a strong sporting history. The most popular sports in Serbia are football, basketball, tennis, volleyball, water polo and handball.
The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo Association of Serbia. FINA considers Serbia to be the inheritor of the records of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade.
Erika Figge is a water polo player from the United States, playing as an attacker. She was a debutant at the US Women's Water Polo Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.
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 Olympics, 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games, and 2007 and 2009 world championships. 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.
Brian Alexander is a former American water polo player who was a member of the United States men's national water polo team.
Alexandra Asimaki is a Greek water polo player currently playing as center forward for Olympiacos and the Greek national team.
Zoe Arancini is an Australian club water polo player who plays driver, counter-attacker, or outside shooter. Several of her family members have represented her country in water polo. She plays club water polo in the National Water Polo League for the Fremantle Marlins, where she has won the league championship in 2005, 2007 and 2008 and is coached by her mother. She has represented the country as a member of the Australia women's national water polo team on the junior and senior level, with over eighty appearances for national team between the two levels. She has earned a gold medal at the 2011 Canada Cup, silver medals at the 2010 FINA World League Super Finals and 2010 FINA World Cup, and bronze medals at the 2009 FINA World League Super Finals and 2011 FINA Junior World Championships. She has been included on the roster to represent the country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Margaret Ann Steffens is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013.
Anna Espar Llaquet is a Spanish female water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.
Eleftheria Plevritou is a Greek water polo player currently playing for Olympiacos Water Polo Club and the Greece women's national team. She was part of the Greek national team that won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship in Barcelona.
Margarita Plevritou is a Greek water polo player currently playing for Olympiacos and the Greece women's national team. She was part of the Greek team that won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship in Barcelona.
Netherlands competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2017 and June 2018 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 28 May to 2 June 2018.
Marloes Nijhuis is a retired water polo player from Netherlands. She participated with Netherlands women's national water polo team at the 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship, and 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship. She also won bronze at the 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, and silver at the 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.
Isabella van Toorn is a water polo player from Netherlands. She participated with Netherlands women's national water polo team at the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship. She also won silver at the 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.
Leonie van der Molen is a water polo player from Netherlands. She participated with Netherlands women's national water polo team at the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship. She also won silver at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, and 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.
Stephania Haralabidis is a Greek and American water polo player currently playing for NC Vouliagmeni and the U.S. national team.
