Heather Moody (born August 21, 1973 in

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) is an American

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player, who won a

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at the

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. She was team captain of the US Women's National Team that captured the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, and the only member of the team not from California. Her position is center forward.

Life

Moody went to college at

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where she was a member of the Water Polo team. In 1999 and 2001, Heather was United States Water Polo Player of the Year. In June 2005, Bill Barnett resigned as coach of the U.S. women's water polo team because he couldn't come to terms on a contract. Heather Moody, serving as assistant coach, became interim head coach at the FINA World Championships in Montreal one month later. The

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coach guided the United States to the championship game in women's water polo in July 2005, but lost to Hungary 10-7 in two overtimes. In September,

Guy Baker Guy Baker was the head coach for the United States women's national water polo team competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. He is now the Director Of Olympic Development of USA Water Polo. Baker had guided the team to a silver medal in the 20 ...

replaced Heather Moody as head coach of the U.S. women's water polo team, leaving his positions as national team director and head coach of the U.S. men. Moody resumed the role of assistant coach. In February 2007, Moody was inducted into the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) Hall of Fame with fellow Olympic medalists

Natalie Golda Natalie Golda (now Benson, born December 28, 1981) is a former American water polo player and currently the head coach of the newly formed Fresno State Bulldogs water polo team to begin competition in 2018. Considered one of the greatest women's ...

and

Nicolle Payne Nicolle Katherine Payne (born July 15, 1976) is an American water polo player. The Goalkeeper (water polo), goalkeeper was a member of the US teams that won the silver medal at the Water Polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics and ...

. The three women were members of the bronze medal 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, and are the first women added to the NYAC Hall of Fame. In March 2007, Heather Moody served as an assistant coach of the USA Women's National Water Polo Team, which defeated Australia to win the gold medal at the FINA Water Polo Championships. In August 2008, Moody was still in her post as an assistant coach with the USA Women's National Water Polo Team when they were defeated in the gold medal match by the Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2010, she was inducted into the

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. She moved from

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and now lives in

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, where she coaches women's water polo at St. Francis High School in addition to her work with American River Water Polo Club.

References

Heather Moody's U.S. Olympic Team bio

Heather Moody's U.S. Water Polo player biography

* USA Water Polo
Water Polo Olympic Medalists to be inducted into NYAC Hall of Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, Heather 1973 births American female water polo players American water polo coaches San Diego State Aztecs women's water polo players California State University, Long Beach people Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people People from Rexburg, Idaho Sportspeople from Idaho Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in water polo People from Green River, Wyoming Sportspeople from Sacramento, California

Life

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