Career
High school
Cardenas attended Bell Gardens High School, where she played water polo for four years and won four CIF Division III championships. She was a first team All-American three times."Patty Cardenas"College
Cardenas played water polo for Golden West College. In 2002, the team won the state championship, and Cardenas was named the California Community College MVP. Cardenas later transferred to the University of Southern California. In 2006, her first season with the Trojans, she ranked third on the team with 40 goals. She was an All-American honorable mention. She took a leave of absence from USC to train with the national team.International
Cardenas made the U.S. senior national team after attending open tryouts in 2006. In 2007, she scored four goals in the FINA World Championships, four goals in the FINA World League Super Final, and three goals in the Pan American Games; the U.S. finished first in all three tournaments."Patricia Cardenas"Personal
Cardenas was born in Commerce, California. She is tall. She has two brothers and her family is of Mexican descent.See also
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) *References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardenas, Patty 1984 births Living people American female water polo players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics USC Trojans women's water polo players Sportspeople from California People from Commerce, California Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo