This is a list of records and statistics of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. [1]
Confederation | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Africa – CANA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 14th |
Americas – ASUA | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st |
Asia – AASF | — | — | 12th | 12th | 8th | 11th | 15th | 13th | 11th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 13th | 10th |
Europe – LEN | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
Oceania – OSA | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th |
Nations | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation at the World Aquatics Championships. [1]
Confederation | Best performance | Women's team |
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Africa – CANA | 12th | South Africa (2023) |
Americas – ASUA | 1st | United States (2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024) |
Asia – AASF | 2nd | China (2011*) |
Europe – LEN | 1st | Greece (2011), Hungary (1994, 2005), Italy (1998, 2001), Netherlands (1991, 2023), Spain (2013*) |
Oceania – OSA | 1st | Australia (1986) |
# | Year [1] | Debuting teams | Number | Cumulative total | ||||
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Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | ||||
1 | 1986 | – | Canada , United States | – | Belgium , Great Britain , Hungary , Netherlands , Norway , West Germany † | Australia | 9 | 9 |
2 | 1991 | – | Brazil | – | France , Germany | New Zealand | 4 | 13 |
3 | 1994 | – | – | Kazakhstan | Italy *, Russia | – | 3 | 16 |
4 | 1998 | – | – | – | Greece , Spain | – | 2 | 18 |
5 | 2001 | – | – | Japan * | – | – | 1 | 19 |
6 | 2003 | – | Venezuela | – | – | – | 1 | 20 |
7 | 2005 | – | Cuba | China , Uzbekistan | – | – | 3 | 23 |
8 | 2007 | – | Puerto Rico | – | – | – | 1 | 24 |
9 | 2009 | South Africa | – | – | – | – | 1 | 25 |
10 | 2011 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
11 | 2013 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
12 | 2015 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
13 | 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
14 | 2019 | – | – | South Korea * | – | – | 1 | 26 |
15 | 2022 | – | Argentina , Colombia | Thailand | – | – | 3 | 29 |
16 | 2023 | – | – | – | Israel | – | 1 | 30 |
17 | 2024 | – | – | Singapore | – | – | 1 | 31 |
Total | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
# | Year [1] | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish | ||
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1 | 1986 | Spain | Did not participate | ||||||
2 | 1991 | Australia | 5th of 9 teams | Australia | 5th of 9 teams | Netherlands | 1st of 9 teams | ||
3 | 1994 | Italy | 3rd of 12 teams | Netherlands | 2nd of 12 teams | Canada | 5th of 12 teams | ||
4 | 1998 | Australia | 3rd of 12 teams | Hungary | 7th of 12 teams | Netherlands | 2nd of 12 teams | ||
5 | 2001 | Japan | 11th of 12 teams | Italy | 1st of 12 teams | Netherlands | 9th of 12 teams | ||
6 | 2003 | Spain | 8th of 16 teams | Italy | 2nd of 16 teams | Hungary | 5th of 16 teams | ||
7 | 2005 | Canada | 3rd of 16 teams | United States | 2nd of 16 teams | Italy | 7th of 16 teams | ||
8 | 2007 | Australia | 2nd of 16 teams | Hungary | 4th of 16 teams | United States | 1st of 16 teams | ||
9 | 2009 | Italy | 9th of 16 teams | United States | 1st of 16 teams | Australia | 6th of 16 teams | ||
10 | 2011 | China | 2nd of 16 teams | United States | 6th of 16 teams | Canada | 8th of 16 teams | ||
11 | 2013 | Spain | 1st of 16 teams | Greece | 6th of 16 teams | China | 9th of 16 teams | ||
12 | 2015 | Russia | 8th of 16 teams | Spain | 7th of 16 teams | Australia | 4th of 16 teams | ||
13 | 2017 | Hungary | 5th of 16 teams | United States | 1st of 16 teams | Netherlands | 9th of 16 teams | ||
14 | 2019 | South Korea | 16th of 16 teams | United States | 1st of 16 teams | Spain | 2nd of 16 teams | ||
15 | 2022 | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | United States | 1st of 16 teams | Spain | 5th of 16 teams | ||
16 | 2023 | Japan | 14th of 16 teams | United States | 5th of 16 teams | Hungary | 6th of 16 teams | ||
17 | 2024 | Qatar | Did not participate | Netherlands | 5th of 16 teams | Spain | 3rd of 16 teams | ||
# | Year | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
Note: Results of qualification tournaments are not included.
Africa – CANA (1 team) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
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South Africa | 16th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 14th | 9 | ||||||||
Americas – ASUA (8 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Argentina | 12th | 16th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Brazil | 8th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 10th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 10th | 14th | 14th | WD | 15th | 14 | ||
Canada | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 8th | 8th | 11th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 17 |
Colombia | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Cuba | 9th | 15th | 10th | 15th | 4 | |||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
United States | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 17 |
Venezuela | 14th | 14th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Asia – AASF (7 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
China | 16th | 14th | 11th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 10th | 11th | WD | 13th | 10th | 10 | ||||||
Japan | 11th | 11th | 15th | 13th | 13th | WD | 14th | WD | 6 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | Part of URS | 12th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 15th | 10th | 11th | 15th | 12th | 14 | ||
Singapore | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | 15th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | Part of URS | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 4 | ||||||||||||
Europe – LEN (13 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Belgium | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
France | 9th | 9th | 15th | 14th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 13th | 8 | |||||||||
Germany | FRG | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 6 | ||||||||||
Great Britain | 9th | 16th | 13th | 11th | 4 | |||||||||||||
Greece | 5th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 4th | 14 | |||
Hungary | 5th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 17 |
Israel | 10th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 9th | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 15 | ||
Netherlands | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 17 |
Norway | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | Part of URS | 7th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | DQ | DQ | DQ | 12 | |
Spain | 9th | 8th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 11th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 13 | ||||
West Germany † | 6th | See Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Oceania – OSA (2 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Australia | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 17 |
New Zealand | 7th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 15 | ||
Total teams | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
Rk | Women's team [1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
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1 | United States | 13 | 8 (2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2005) | 2 (1986, 1991) | 2 (1994, 2001) | 1986 | 2024 |
2 | Hungary | 9 | 2 (1994, 2005) | 3 (2001, 2022*, 2024) | 1 (2013) | 3 (1991, 2007, 2019) | 1991 | 2024 |
3 | Italy | 8 | 2 (1998, 2001) | 1 (2003) | 3 (1994*, 2015, 2023) | 2 (2011, 2022) | 1994 | 2023 |
4 | Russia | 8 | 5 (2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) | 3 (1998, 2005, 2013) | 1998 | 2017 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 7 | 2 (1991, 2023) | 4 (1986, 1994, 1998, 2015) | 1 (2022) | 1986 | 2023 | |
6 | Australia | 7 | 1 (1986) | 2 (2007*, 2013) | 2 (1998*, 2019) | 2 (2015, 2023) | 1986 | 2023 |
7 | Canada | 7 | 2 (1991, 2009) | 2 (2001, 2005*) | 3 (1986, 2003, 2017) | 1986 | 2017 | |
8 | Spain | 5 | 1 (2013*) | 3 (2017, 2019, 2023) | 1 (2024) | 2013 | 2024 | |
9 | Greece | 3 | 1 (2011) | 2 (2009, 2024) | 2009 | 2024 | ||
10 | China | 1 | 1 (2011*) | 2011 | 2011 | |||
Rk | Women's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
Rank | Women's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Netherlands | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
9 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
The following table shows results of world champions in women's water polo by tournament.
# | Women's tournament | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP |
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1 | Madrid 1986 | Australia (1st title) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 83 | 36 | 47 | 11.857 | 5.143 | 6.714 |
2 | Perth 1991 | Netherlands (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 71 | 47 | 24 | 11.833 | 7.833 | 4.000 |
3 | Rome 1994 | Hungary (1st title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 55 | 38 | 17 | 7.857 | 5.429 | 2.429 |
4 | Perth 1998 | Italy (1st title) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 62.5% | 77 | 57 | 20 | 9.625 | 7.125 | 2.500 |
5 | Fukuoka 2001 | Italy (2nd title) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.0% | 77 | 45 | 32 | 9.625 | 5.625 | 4.000 |
6 | Barcelona 2003 | United States (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 62 | 31 | 31 | 10.333 | 5.167 | 5.167 |
7 | Montreal 2005 | Hungary (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 64 | 35 | 29 | 10.667 | 5.833 | 4.833 |
8 | Melbourne 2007 | United States (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 56 | 38 | 18 | 9.333 | 6.333 | 3.000 |
9 | Rome 2009 | United States (3rd title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 77 | 53 | 24 | 11.000 | 7.571 | 3.429 |
10 | Shanghai 2011 | Greece (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 62 | 51 | 11 | 10.333 | 8.500 | 1.833 |
11 | Barcelona 2013 | Spain (1st title) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.3% | 88 | 53 | 35 | 14.667 | 8.833 | 5.833 |
12 | Kazan 2015 | United States (4th title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 72 | 36 | 36 | 10.286 | 5.143 | 5.143 |
13 | Budapest 2017 | United States (5th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 92 | 37 | 55 | 15.333 | 6.167 | 9.167 |
14 | Gwangju 2019 | United States (6th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 93 | 26 | 67 | 15.500 | 4.333 | 11.167 |
15 | Budapest 2022 | United States (7th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 94 | 33 | 61 | 15.667 | 5.500 | 10.167 |
16 | Fukuoka 2023 | Netherlands (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 104 | 50 | 54 | 17.333 | 8.333 | 9.000 |
17 | Doha 2024 | United States (8th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 92 | 41 | 51 | 15.333 | 6.833 | 8.500 |
# | Women's tournament | Total | 110 | 101 | 1 | 8 | 91.8% | 1319 | 707 | 612 | 11.991 | 6.427 | 5.564 |
Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP |
Sources:
The following table shows women's teams that won all matches during the tournament.
# | Year | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % |
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1 | 1986 | Australia (1st title) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
2 | 1991 | Netherlands (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
3 | 2003 | United States (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
4 | 2005 | Hungary (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
5 | 2007 | United States (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
6 | 2011 | Greece (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
7 | 2017 | United States (5th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
8 | 2019 | United States (6th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
9 | 2022 | United States (7th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
10 | 2023 | Netherlands (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
11 | 2024 | United States (8th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
# | Year | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % |
The following tables show records of goals for per match.
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Goals for per match | Achievement | Year | Champion | Date of winning gold | Duration of record |
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11.857 | Set record | 1986 | Australia (1st title) | 22 August 1986 | 26 years, 345 days |
14.667 | Broke record | 2013 | Spain (1st title) | 2 August 2013 | 3 years, 360 days |
15.333 | Broke record | 2017 | United States (5th title) | 28 July 2017 | 1 year, 363 days |
15.500 | Broke record | 2019 | United States (6th title) | 26 July 2019 | 2 years, 341 days |
15.667 | Broke record | 2022 | United States (7th title) | 2 July 2022 | 1 year, 26 days |
17.333 | Broke record | 2023 | Netherlands (2nd title) | 28 July 2023 | 213 days |
The following tables show records of goals against per match.
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The following tables show records of goals difference per match.
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Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Tournament positions
Consecutive
Gaps
Host team
Other
(C) | Captain | Apps | Appearances | Ref | Reference | Rk | Rank |
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L/R | Handedness | Pos | Playing position | FP | Field player | GK | Goalkeeper |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), respectively.
Fourteen female athletes won three or more gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. They were all members of the United States women's national water polo team. Rachel Fattal, Maddie Musselman and Maggie Steffens are the only athletes (men or women) to win five gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
There are twenty six female athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | ||||||||||
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G | S | B | T | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Rachel Fattal | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 11 years (19/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [2] | |
Maddie Musselman | 1998 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 8 years (17/25) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [3] | |||
Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 12 years (18/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [4] | |
4 | Kaleigh Gilchrist | 1992 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 8 years (23/31) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | [5] | |||
Ashleigh Johnson | 1994 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | United States | GK | 2015 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 9 years (20/29) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | [6] | ||||
Amanda Longan | 1997 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | United States | GK | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 7 years (20/27) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | [7] | ||||
7 | Heather Petri | 1978 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 10 years (23/33) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [8] | ||
Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | United States | FP | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 13 years (17/31) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [9] | ||
9 | Kami Craig | 1987 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 8 years (19/28) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [10] | |||
Makenzie Fischer | 1997 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (18/22) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [11] | ||||||
Kiley Neushul | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 6 years (20/26) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [12] | |||||
Jordan Raney | 1996 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | United States | FP | 2017 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 6 years (21/27) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [13] | |||||
Melissa Seidemann | 1990 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | United States | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 8 years (21/29) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [14] | ||||
Alys Williams | 1994 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (21/25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [15] | ||||||
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | |||||||
Medals |
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), date of receiving the last medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first medal (in ascending order), respectively.
Six female athletes won five medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||||||
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1 | Rachel Fattal | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 11 years (19/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [2] | ||||
Maddie Musselman | 1998 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 8 years (17/25) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [3] | ||||||
Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 12 years (18/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [4] | ||||
4 | Anni Espar | 1993 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Spain | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 13 years (18/31) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | [16] | |||
Laura Ester | 1990 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Spain | GK | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 15 years (19/34) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | [17] | |||
Pili Peña | 1986 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Spain | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 18 years (19/37) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | [18] | |
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | ||||||||||
Medals |
Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the World Aquatics Championships. The reigning champions are Croatia in men's and the United States in women's competition.
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.
This article presents the national team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
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