Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Abbreviations

Pos.	Position	№	Cap number
CF	Centre Forward	CB	Centre Back
D	Defense	GK	Goalkeeper

Pool A

Australia

The following is the Australian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Head coach: Greg McFadden

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Lea Yanitsas	GK	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	15 March 1989	Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
2	Gemma Beadsworth	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	17 July 1987	Fremantle Marlins
3	Hannah Buckling	CB	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	3 June 1992	Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
4	Holly Lincoln-Smith	CF	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	26 March 1988	Cronulla Sharks
5	Keesja Gofers	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	16 March 1990	Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
6	Bronwen Knox (c)	CF	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	16 April 1986	Victorian Tigers
7	Rowena Webster	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	27 December 1987	Victorian Tigers
8	Glencora Ralph	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	8 August 1988	Fremantle Marlins
9	Zoe Arancini	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	14 July 1991	Fremantle Marlins
10	Ashleigh Southern	CF	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	22 October 1992	Brisbane Barracudas
11	Isobel Bishop	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	8 September 1991	Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
12	Nicola Zagame	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	11 August 1990	Cronulla Sharks
13	Kelsey Wakefield	GK	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	1 June 1991	Queensland Breakers

Brazil

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[2]

Head coach: Patrick Oaten

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Tess Oliveira	GK	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	6 January 1987	Pinheiros
2	Diana Abla	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	29 July 1995	Pinheiros
3	Marina Zablith (c)	CB	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	4 March 1987	Pinheiros
4	Marina Canetti	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	24 January 1983	Flamengo
5	Lucianne Barroncas	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	1 April 1988	Pinheiros
6	Izabella Chiappini	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	28 September 1995	Pinheiros
7	Amanda Oliveira	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	6 January 1987	Pinheiros
8	Luíza Carvalho	CF	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	2 July 1983	Pinheiros
9	Camila Pedrosa	CF	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	12 March 1975	Paulistano
10	Viviane Bahia	CB	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	14 February 1994	Pinheiros
11	Mariana Duarte	W	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	5 October 1986	Paineiras do Morumby
12	Gabriela Mantellato	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	28 October 1991	Pinheiros
13	Victória Chamorro	GK	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	10 July 1996	Paineiras do Morumby

Italy

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[3]

Head coach: Fabio Conti

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Giulia Gorlero	GK	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	26 September 1990	Despar Messina
2	Chiara Tabani	CB	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	27 August 1994	Mediostar Prato
3	Arianna Garibotti	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	9 December 1989	Despar Messina
4	Elisa Queirolo	CB	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	6 March 1991	Plebiscito Padova
5	Federica Radicchi	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	21 December 1988	Despar Messina
6	Rosaria Aiello	CF	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	12 May 1989	Despar Messina
7	Tania Di Mario (c)	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	4 May 1979	L'Ekipe Orizzonte
8	Roberta Bianconi	CB	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	8 July 1989	Olympiacos
9	Giulia Emmolo	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	16 October 1991	Olympiacos
10	Francesca Pomeri	CF	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	18 February 1993	Città di Cosenza
11	Aleksandra Cotti	CF	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	13 December 1988	Rapallo Pallanuoto
12	Teresa Frassinetti	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	24 December 1985	Rari Nantes Bogliasco
13	Laura Teani	GK	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	13 March 1991	Plebiscito Padova

Russia

The following is the Russian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[4]

Head coach: Alexandr Gaidukov

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Anna Ustyukhina	GK	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	18 March 1989	SKIF-CSP Izmailovo
2	Nadezhda Fedotova	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	20 May 1988	Kinef Kirishi
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva (c)	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	13 March 1991	Kinef Kirishi
4	Elvina Karimova	D	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	25 March 1994	Uralochka Zlatoust
5	Maria Borisova	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	28 July 1997	SKIF-CSP Izmailovo
6	Olga Belova	CB	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	27 August 1993	Uralochka Zlatoust
7	Ekaterina Lisunova	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	6 October 1989	Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
8	Anastasia Simanovich	CF	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	23 January 1995	Kinef Kirishi
9	Anna Timofeeva	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	18 July 1987	Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
10	Evgenia Soboleva	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	26 August 1988	Kinef Kirishi
11	Evgeniya Ivanova	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	26 July 1987	Kinef Kirishi
12	Anna Grineva	CB	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	31 January 1988	Spartak Volgograd
13	Anna Karnaukh	GK	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	31 August 1993	Kinef Kirishi

Pool B

China

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[5]

Head coach: Ricardo Azevedo

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Yang Jun	GK	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	28 April 1988	Tianjin
2	Ma Huanhuan	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	13 January 1990	Guangxi
3	Mei Xiaohan	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	11 November 1996	Tianjin
4	Xiong Dunhan	CF	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	11 November 1998	Hunan
5	Niu Guannan	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	10 May 1992	Guangxi
6	Sun Yating	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	24 February 1988	Tianjin
7	Song Donglun	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	28 April 1991	Tianjin
8	Zhang Cong	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	3 May 1990	Tianjin
9	Zhao Zihan	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	4 September 1993	Shanghai
10	Zhang Weiwei	D	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	7 October 1990	Sichuan
11	Wang Xinyan	CB	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	26 April 1991	Shanghai
12	Zhang Jing	D	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	16 June 1996	Fujian
13	Peng Lin	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	4 April 1995	Hunan

Hungary

The following is the Hungarian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[6]

Head coach: Attila Bíró

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Edina Gangl	GK	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	25 June 1990	UVSE
2	Dóra Czigány	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	23 October 1992	Eger
3	Dóra Antal	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	9 September 1993	UVSE
4	Hanna Kisteleki	CF	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	10 March 1991	UVSE
5	Gabriella Szűcs	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	7 March 1988	UVSE
6	Orsolya Takács	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	20 May 1985	BVSC
7	Anna Illés	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	21 February 1994	California Golden Bears
8	Rita Keszthelyi (c)	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	10 December 1991	UVSE
9	Ildikó Tóth	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	23 April 1987	UVSE
10	Barbara Bujka	CF	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	5 September 1986	Szeged
11	Dóra Csabai	CB	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	20 April 1989	UVSE
12	Krisztina Garda	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	16 July 1994	Dunaújvárosi Főiskola
13	Orsolya Kasó	GK	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	22 November 1988	Dunaújvárosi Főiskola

Spain

The following is the Spanish roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[7]

Head coach: Miki Oca

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Laura Ester	GK	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	22 January 1990	Sabadell
2	Marta Bach	CB	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	17 February 1993	Mataró
3	Anna Espar	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	8 January 1993	Sabadell
4	Beatriz Ortiz	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	21 June 1995	Rubí
5	Matilde Ortiz	CB	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	16 September 1990	Sabadell
6	Paula Leitón	CF	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	27 April 2000	Terrassa
7	Clara Espar	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	29 September 1994	Sabadell
8	Pilar Peña	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	4 April 1986	Sabadell
9	Judith Forca	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	7 June 1996	Sabadell
10	Roser Tarragó	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	25 March 1993	Mataró
11	Maica García	CF	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	17 October 1990	Sabadell
12	Laura López	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	13 January 1988	Mataró
13	Patricia Herrera	GK	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	9 February 1993	Madrid Moscardó

United States

The following is the American roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[8]

Head coach: Adam Krikorian

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Samantha Hill	GK	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	8 June 1992	Santa Barbara WP Foundation
2	Madeline Musselmann	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	16 June 1998	Corona del Mar Aquatics
3	Melissa Seidemann	CB	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	26 June 1990	New York Athletic Club
4	Rachel Fattal	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	10 December 1993	SoCal
5	Caroline Clark	CB	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	28 June 1990	New York Athletic Club
6	Maggie Steffens (c)	CB	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	4 June 1993	New York Athletic Club
7	Courtney Mathewson	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	14 September 1986	New York Athletic Club
8	Kiley Neushul	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	5 March 1993	Santa Barbara WP Foundation
9	Aria Fischer	CF	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	2 March 1999	SET Water Polo
10	Kaleigh Gilchrist	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	16 May 1992	New York Athletic Club
11	Makenzie Fischer	CB	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	29 March 1997	SET Water Polo
12	Kami Craig	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	21 July 1987	New York Athletic Club
13	Ashleigh Johnson	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	12 September 1994	New York Athletic Club

See also

• Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

References

1. "Sydney golden girls help announce Rio women's water polo team". Australian Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
2. "Seleções de polo aquático são definidas para os Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016" [Water polo teams are determined for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
3. "Olimpiadi. Il Setterosa per Rio de Janeiro" [Olympics: Setterosa to Rio de Janeiro] (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Nuoto. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
4. "Стал известен состав женской сборной по водному поло" [The composition of the women's national water polo team identified] (in Russian). Sport Express. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
5. "2016里约奥运中国水球大名单 中国女水整装待发" [2016 Rio Olympics: The list of Chinese water polo players announced] (in Chinese). Sohu. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
6. "Irány, Rio!" [Off to Rio!] (in Hungarian). Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
7. "Las 13 que estaran en Rio" [13 players will be in Rio] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
8. McDougall, Chrös (16 June 2016). "Four Returning Olympians Lead 2016 U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

External links

• Official website