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Australia Women's Olympic Water Polo Team Records And Statistics
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Australia women's national water polo team has participated in 5 of 5 official Water polo at the Summer Olympics, women's water polo tournaments. Abbreviations Team statistics Comprehensive results by tournament Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Qualified for forthcoming tournament * – Hosts Number of appearances Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year* – As host team Best finishes Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year* – As host team Finishes in the top four Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year* – As host team Medal table Last updated: 5 May 2021. Player statistics Multiple appearances The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins the match. Each team is made up of six field players and one goalkeeper. Excluding the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. It is typically played in an all-deep pool where players cannot touch the bottom. A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal. Teamwork, tactical thinking and awareness are also highly important aspects. Water polo is a highly physical and demanding sport and has frequently been cited as one of the most difficult to play. Special equipment for water polo includes a water polo ball, a ball of varying colors which floats on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Women's Olympic Water Polo Tournament Goalkeepers
This is a list of female goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team for the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau .... Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021. ;Legend and abbreviation * – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row) * – Winning all matches during the tournament * – Host team * Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots) Source: * #Official Results Books (IOC), Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 71–72), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronwyn Mayer
Bronwyn Lee Mayer-Smith (born 3 July 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Mayer married Damian Smith in January 2001. Mayer competed on the team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which took 4th place. She is a cousin of water polo players Gavin and Taryn Woods. In 2019, she was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame. See also * Australia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in women's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * (C) – Captain * (GK) – Goalkeeper * (LH) – Left-handed Multiple ... References External links * 1974 births Living people Australian female water polo play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Zagame
Nicola Maree Zagame (born 11 August 1990) nicknamed Ziggy and Nicky, is an Australian water polo centre back/driver. She has represented her country as a member of Australia women's national water polo team on both the junior and senior levels, and was part of the silver winning team at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics. Personal life Zagame was born on 11 August 1990 in Sydney and grew up attending Kirrawee High School. Currently residing in Gymea Bay, New South Wales, the tall right handed Zagame is a water polo coach. In 2017, she flew to Samoa to compete as one of the 24 contestants on ''Australian Survivor''. She came in 6th place. Water polo Zagame plays as a centre back/driver and prefers to wear cap number eleven. She keeps a rock that she considers lucky in her pool bag. She started playing water polo as a thirteen-year-old in Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Byram
Melissa Ann Byram (; born 26 December 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian former water polo player. She was part of the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also * Australia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Australia women's national water polo team has participated in 5 of 5 official Water polo at the ... References Melissa Mills at databaseOlympics.com External links * 1973 births Living people Australian female water polo players Olympic gold medalists for Australia in water polo Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from New South Wales Water polo players from Sydney Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia {{Australia-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Gynther
Kate Maree Gynther (born 5 July 1982) is an Australian water polo player. She plays for the Brisbane Barracudas in the National Water Polo League. She represented Australia as a member of the women's senior national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 and 2012 Games. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 30 goals. She was the joint top sprinter at the 2012 Olympics with 21 sprints won; and a leading sprinter in Olympic water polo history, with 39 sprints won. She has also won a bronze medal at the 2005 Super League Finals. Personal Gynther was born in July 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland. Her step-sisters are Rebecca Rippon and Melissa Rippon, both of whom have played for the Australian women's national water polo team. Her mother married in 2002, which is when the Rippon sisters became her step-sisters. Melissa and Gynther became inseparable and have remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Results Books (IOC)
An official is someone who holds an office (function or Mandate (politics), mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual Office, working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority, (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private). An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ''ex officio'' (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be Inheritance, inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent. Something "official" refers to something endowed with governmental or other authoritative recognition or mandate, as in official language, official gazette, or official scorer. Etymology The word ''official'' as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Wakefield
Kelsey Wakefield (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian water polo player. Wakefield has been a member of the Australia women's national water polo team at the junior starting in 2006 and senior level starting in 2009. She earned a silver medal at the 2010 FINA World League, a gold medal at the 2011 Canada Cup and a bronze medal at the 2011 FINA Junior World Championships. Wakefield won a championship as a member of the 2011 Brisbane Barracudas squad in the National Water Polo League. As part of the Aussie Stingers, Wakefield represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life Wakefield was born on 1 June 1991 in Gold Coast, Queensland. She is tall and weighs . She has a wingspan of , and is left-handed. While she was growing up, Wakefield's house had a backyard pool, where she used to train with her sister, Brittany. As a five-year-old, she watched the Olympics on television and dreamed of competing at the Games. Wakefield attended Trinity Lutheran College, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Yanitsas
Lea Yanitsas (;born 15 March 1989) is an Australian water polo player who plays the position of goalkeeper. She was part of the Australian team at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Yanitsas was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Career Yanitsas made her senior debut in 2007. She won a silver medal in 2010 World Cup in Christchurch and competed in the World Championships at Barcelona in 2013, and Kazan in 2015. She was co Captain of Sydney Uni who were National League Champions in 2016. In the 2020 Olympics, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal. Personal life Yanitsas grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Yanitsas is the daughter of a New Zealand-born mother and Czech father. She is married to Andrew Yanitsas who she met through water polo and they have one son. See also * Australia women's Olympic wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Brown (water Polo)
Victoria Jayne Brown (born 27 July 1985) is an Australian water polo goalkeeper. She is currently a small business owner. She plays water polo for the Victorian Tigers of National Water Polo League. She has represented Australia as a member of the Australia women's national water polo team on both the junior and senior level. She was a member of the Australian side that won a bronze medal at the 2005 FINA World League Super Finals and the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. She was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has earned several honours including being named the 2010 Australian Water Polo Female Player of the Year. Personal life The tall Brown, born on 27 July 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, currently resides in Melbourne. One of her parents won a bronze medal for Australia at the Commonwealth Games. Her mother was the captain of Great Britain's fencing team and her father was the captain of Australia's fencing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia McCormack
Alicia McCormack (born 7 June 1983 in Helensburgh, New South Wales) is an Australian water polo goalkeeper. Her playing career started at the age of fourteen with the Kirrawee High School water polo team, and today she plays for the Cronulla Water Polo Club in the National Water Polo League and is a member of the Australia women's national water polo team. Although she did not play water polo in 2010 due to injury, McCormack has won gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2006 FINA World Cup; a silver medal at the 2007 FINA World Championships; and bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, 2005 FINA World League Super Finals, 2008 FINA World League Super Finals and 2009 FINA World League Super Finals. Personal life McCormack was born on 7 June 1983 in Helensburgh, New South Wales. She is tall, weighs , is right handed and has a tattoo featuring the Olympic rings. McCormack entered Helensburgh Public School in 1988 as a kindergartener and later gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Brownlow
Jemma Brownlow (born 14 November 1979) is an Australian former water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team, playing as a goalkeeper. She was a part of the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Balmain Tigers in Australia. She graduated from Macquarie University. See also * Australia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of female goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team for the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred ... References External links * 1979 births Living people Water polo players from Sydney Australian female water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Australia Sportswomen from New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
