Jaime Elizabeth Komer (
née
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Hipp, born September 1, 1981, in
Fresno, California
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) is a former female
water polo
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goalkeeper
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from the
United States
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, who won the gold medal with the
United States women's national water polo team
The United States women's national water polo team represents the United States in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is one of the leading teams in the world since the late 1990s.
On March 27, 2009, USA Wate ...
at the
2007 World Championship and the
2007 Pan American Games, and a silver medal at the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In June 2009, Komer was again named to the USA Water Polo Women's Senior National Team for the
2009 FINA World Championships
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, earning another Gold medal.
Personal and early life
She and Matt Komer, a former Professional Volleyball Player, were married in 2007.
NBC Olympics bio
/ref> They were both All-Americans and National Champions while a
UCLA
Jaime and Matt have started their own company
AYT lifestyle
a proactive lifestyle company that combines yoga, pilates, sport, nutrition, travel and philanthropy to initiate positive change. They are based in Orange County, California
Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, a ...
but find themselves traveling worldwide.
See also
*
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.
There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Pet ...
* 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.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number ...
* List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
Abbreviations
History
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World ...
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References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Fresno, California
American female water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in water polo
Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
21st-century American women
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