Maud Megens (born 6 February 1996) is a Dutch
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player.
She was part of the Dutch team winning the silver medal at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ...
, where she played in the driver position. She is the daughter of former water polo players Hein Megens and
Patricia Libregts. Her grandfather is
Thijs Libregts
Thijs Libregts (, born 4 January 1941) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally as a defender in the 1950s. His daughter Patricia was one of the Netherlands' leading water polo players in the 1980s and 1990s.
Clu ...
.
College career
She plays for
University of Southern California
, mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it"
, religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist
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, accreditation = WSCUC
, type = Private research university
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. 2018
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
winner.
See also
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References
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1996 births
Living people
Dutch female water polo players
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch women
21st-century Dutch women
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