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2014 Khanty-Mansiysk |
Matilde Ortiz Reyes (born 16 September 1990 in Veracruz, Mexico) is a Spanish female water polo player of Mexican descent. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal competing for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event. She also competed for Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3] She is 5 ft 8.5 inches tall. She plays for the Spanish club CN Sabadell, and is studying journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. [4]
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.
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.
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.
Yang Jun is a female Chinese water polo goalkeeper who was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2011 World Championships, held in Shanghai, and 2007 World Junior Championship. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a leading goalkeeper in Olympic water polo history, with 138 saves.
Club Natació Sabadell is a Spanish aquatic sports club from Sabadell.
Blai Mallarach Güell is a Spanish water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6 ft 2 inches tall. He played for Spanish powerhouse CN Atlètic-Barceloneta.
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.
Marta Bach Pascual is a Spanish female water polo player. She is 5 ft 9 inches tall.
Roser Tarragó Aymerich is a Spanish female water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, where they won the silver medal.
Jennifer Pareja Lisalde is a former Spanish female water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, being named Most Valuable Player of the event.
Lorena Miranda Dorado is a Spanish female water polo player, born in Ceuta. 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 is 5 feet 8.5 inches (174.0 cm) tall. On 22 June 2019, she took office as Minister of Youth and Sport of the Government of Ceuta.
María del Pilar Peña Carrasco, commonly known as Pili Peña, is a Spanish female water polo player.
Andrea Blas Martinez is a Spanish female water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, where they won the silver medal. She is 5 ft 8 inches tall.
Ona Meseguer Flaqué is a Spanish waterpolo player. 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.
Laura López Ventosa is a Spanish female water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, where they won the silver medal. She is 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) inches tall.
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.
Beatriz Ortiz Muñoz is a Spanish female water polo player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics representing Spain national water polo team.