Valérie Dionne (born July 29, 1980 in

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) is a

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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 national women's water polo team and has competed in five juvenile, 15 provincial, and 11 national championships. In 1999, the FINA Cup team on which she played qualified for the

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, where the team placed fifth in the final results. She was also part of the bronze medal-winning women's water polo team at the 2001 world championships in

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* 1980 births Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Canada Canadian female water polo players Living people People from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City Water polo players from Quebec City World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Canada-waterpolo-bio-stub

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