Makenzie Fischer (born March 29, 1997) is an American water polo player. She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, 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 host ...

, where she played in the centre back position. She was also part of the gold medal-winning American team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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Fischer's younger sister, Aria Fischer, is also on the American Women's National Team for Water Polo. Their father, Erich Fischer, competed on the American men's national team for water polo. Her uncle, Martin Fischer, was a goalkeeper for Stanford's men's water polo team. and would later coach Stanford's women's team to their first ever national title. Fischer graduated from

Laguna Beach High School Laguna Beach High School is a 4-year public high school located in Laguna Beach, California. It is the only high school in the Laguna Beach Unified School District. It was established in 1934 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schoo ...

in 2015 and is currently majoring in Mechanical Engineering at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

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* * 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Laguna Beach, California American female water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in water polo Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Stanford Cardinal women's water polo players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{US-waterpolo-Olympic-medalist-stub

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