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Born | Sydney, Australia | 29 May 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naomi Sandra Castle OAM (born 29 May 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian former water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1] Castle was the captain of the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they placed 4th. [2]
In 2009, Castle was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. [3] In 2014, she was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame. [4]
Castle competed in the Gladiator Individual Sports Athletes Challenge in 1995.
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