This is a list of female players who have been named in the national
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 ...
team squad in at least two or three
Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in
2000
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.
Abbreviations
Overall multi-time Olympians
As of 2016, 22 female players have been named in the national water polo team squad in three or more women's Olympic tournaments.
By tournament
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 6 February 2021.
;Legend and abbreviation
* Team
* – Host team
By confederation
Last updated: 24 January 2021.
By team
Last updated: 24 January 2021.
By position
Last updated: 24 January 2021.
Four-time Olympians
Multi-time Olympians by team
The following tables are pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
;Legend
* Year
* – As host team
Australia
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 6 (2000
*–2020)
* As host team: 2000
*
* Number of four-time Olympians: 0
* Number of three-time Olympians: 4
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
;Legend
* – Hosts
Brazil
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 1 (2016
*)
* As host team: 2016
*
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Number of two-time Olympians: 0
* Last updated: 24 January 2021.
Canada
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 3 (2000–2004, 2020)
* As host team: —
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Number of two-time Olympians: 8
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
China
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 4 (2008
*–2020)
* As host team: 2008
*
* Number of four-time Olympians: 0
* Number of three-time Olympians: 3
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
;Legend
* – Hosts
Great Britain
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 1 (2012
*)
* As host team: 2012
*
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Number of two-time Olympians: 0
* Last updated: 24 January 2021.
Greece
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2004
*–2008)
* As host team: 2004
*
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Number of two-time Olympians: 7
* Last updated: 5 May 2021.
;Legend
* – Hosts
Hungary
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 5 (2004–2020)
* As host team: —
* Number of four-time Olympians: 0
* Number of three-time Olympians: 2
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
Note:
* Three-time Olympian
Anikó Pelle
Anikó Pelle (born 28 September 1978 in Budapest, Hungary) is an international water polo player from Hungary, who played for the University of Southern California from 1999 to 2002, and on the Hungarian National Team in the 2004 Summer Olympi ...
is listed in section
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
Italy
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
* As host team: —
* Number of five-time Olympians: 0
* Number of four-time Olympians: 1
* Number of three-time Olympians: 3
* Last updated: 24 January 2021.
;Abbreviation
* HUN – Hungary
* ITA – Italy
Japan
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 1 (2020
*)
* As host team: 2020
*
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Number of two-time Olympians: 0
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
Kazakhstan
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2000–2004)
* As host team: —
* Number of four-time Olympians: 0
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Last updated: 24 January 2021.
Netherlands
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 3 (2000, 2008, 2020)
* As host team: —
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Number of two-time Olympians: 2
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
Russia
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
* As host team: —
* Number of five-time Olympians: 0
* Number of four-time Olympians: 1
* Number of three-time Olympians: 5
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
South Africa
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 1 (2020
*)
* As host team: 2020
*
* Number of four-time Olympians: 0
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
Spain
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 3 (2012–2020)
* As host team: —
* Number of four-time Olympians: 0
* Number of three-time Olympians: 0
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
United States
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
* As host team: —
* Number of five-time Olympians: 0
* Number of four-time Olympians: 2
* Number of three-time Olympians: 1
* Last updated: 26 July 2021.
;Legend
* – Hosts
See also
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Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary at the Olympics, Hungary has been the most succes ...
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Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
The following articles list Olympic water polo records and statistics:
General
* Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Topics Overall statistics
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
* List of women's Olympic water p ...
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
This is a list of Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
Abbreviations
History
Men's water polo tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1900. At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water po ...
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List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
This is a list of Olympic champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
Abbreviations
History
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
As of 2016, women's teams from Europe, North ...
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National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament
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National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ...
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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 Petr ...
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
This is a list of top goalscorers in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
Abbreviations
Overall top goalscorers
As of 2016, 57 male players have scored 30 or more goals at the Summer Olympics.
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List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
This is a list of top goalscorers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
Abbreviations
Overall top goalscorers
As of 2016, eighteen female players have scored 20 or more goals at the Summer O ...
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ...
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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 ...
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List of Olympic venues in water polo
__NOTOC__For the Summer Olympics, there are 34 venues that have been or will be used for water polo. Debuting in 1900, the first venues took place similar to that of the swimming events. By the 1908 Games, the first water polo venue not locate ...
References
Sources
ISHOF
External links
Olympic water polo – Official website
{{Water polo records and statistics
Players, Women