Elizabeth Anne "Betsey" Armstrong (born January 31, 1983) is an American

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, who won gold medals with the

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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

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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. Armstrong made her debut for the national team in 2006. At the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, they lost 8–9 in the

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to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal. She was the top goalkeeper at the

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, with 49 saves. In June 2009, Armstrong was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the

2009 FINA World Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships ( it, Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines ...

. She was named the best female water polo player for 2010 by ''FINA Aquatics World Magazine''. Starting in 2012, Betsey was hired as the assistant coach of the University of Michigan Women's Water Polo Team. She works alongside head coach Matt Anderson in coaching the players. In 2019, she was inducted into the

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International competitions

* 2000 — Junior Pan American Games, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1st place * 2006 — FINA World League, Cosenza, Italy, 1st place * 2006 — FINA World Cup, Tianjin, China, 4th place * 2006 — Holiday Cup, Los Alamitos, United States, 1st place * 2007 — FINA World Championships, Melbourne, Australia, 1st place * 2007 — FINA World League, Montréal, Canada, 1st place * 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1st place * 2008 — Summer Olympic Games, Beijing, China, silver medal * 2011 — Pan American Games, gold medal * 2012 — Summer Olympic Games, London, gold medal

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Elizabeth 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Ann Arbor, Michigan American female water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in water polo Michigan Wolverines women's water polo players Michigan Wolverines women's water polo coaches American water polo coaches Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

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