Stephania Haralabidis ( gr, Στεφανία Χαραλαμπίδη; born May 19, 1995) was born in Athens, Greece. Haralabidis is an American

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player who played at USC and currently playing for Ethnikos and the U.S. national team. Haralabidis also has two sisters, her twin

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and older sister Anastaia. Ioanna was also on the USC women's water polo team.

College career

Haralabidis attended

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, playing on the women's water polo team from 2014 to 2017. She led the team to NCAA championship in 2016. She won the Peter J. Cutino Award. Named National Player of the Year and MPSF Player of the Year. A First-Team All-American and named to the All-MPSF First Team. Named NCAA Tournament MVP after scoring five goals in the NCAA Championship game, including the game-winner from distance with just seconds remaining.

International career

Haralabidis has competed on both the junior and senior national teams for

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. Won a gold medal at 2011 European Junior Championship in Madrid, Spain. Won another gold at 2012 Youth World Championships in Perth, Australia. Won a gold at 2014 European U19 Championship in Ostia, Italy. She also won a bronze medal with the senior team at 2012 FINA World League in Changshu, China. Since 2017 she is representing the U.S. national team winning a gold medal at 2018 FINA World League in Kunshan, China; and another gold at 2018 FINA World Cup in Surgut, Russia. In 2020, Haralabidis and Team USA won an Olympic Gold Medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Club career

For the 2021-22 season, Stephania plays, along with her sister Ioanna, for

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club Ethnikos, based in

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. Stephania played a vital role in order Ethnikos to win the 2021-22 Women's LEN Trophy, the club's second European club competition title.

Personal life

Haralabidis has two sisters, her twin

and older sister Anastasia. Haralabidis attended

Corona Del Mar High School Corona del Mar High School (CdM) is a public school located in the Eastbluff neighborhood of Newport Beach, California, and belongs to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. It is a combination of a middle school (7th and 8th grades) and a ...

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