Paige Hauschild (b. 17 August 1999) is an American

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 ...

player. She is a member of 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 Water ...

, and participated in the

2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, where she won a gold medal.

Career highlights

* 2017 World Championship (gold) * 2019 World Championship (gold) * 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (gold)

Personal life

Hauschild was born in

Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbara, meaning "Saint Barbara") is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coas ...

to Jenni and Dwayne Hauschild. Her father played volleyball at Long Beach State University. She grew up in Santa Barbara and attended San Marcos High School, graduating in 2017. Hauschild attends the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

, where she studies communication.

References

American female water polo players 1999 births Living people People from Santa Barbara, California Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{US-waterpolo-Olympic-medalist-stub