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Bronwen Knox (born 16 April 1986) is an Australian
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centre back/centre forward. She attended
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and
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, earning a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, and works as a laboratory assistant. She started playing water polo when she was fourteen. She played for the National Water Polo League's Queensland Breakers before switching to the Victorian Tigers for the 2012 season. In 2013–14 season she played for the
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in the European competitions, winning the
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. Knox has represented Australia as a member of
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on both the junior and senior levels. She has won the gold medal at the 2006 FINA World Cup, the silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, the 2010 FINA World Cup and the 2010 FINA World League, and the bronze medal at the
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and the 2008 FINA World League. She was a member of the Australia women's Olympic team that won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.


Personal

Knox was born on 16 April 1986 in
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,
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. Her grandfather was William Knox, a prominent Queensland politician. Her parents are Andrew and Helen, and she has four siblings named Kirsty, Tom, Hamish and Meredith. Her parents and siblings were in Beijing to watch her win a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is tall, weighs , is right-handed and has a tattoo featuring the Olympic rings. She lives in Brisbane, Queensland, and has resided in
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. Knox attended
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in New York on a water polo scholarship, and
Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian s ...
, where she earned a Bachelor of Biomedical Science. She currently works as a laboratory assistant.


Water polo

Knox plays centre back/centre forward and prefers to wear cap number six. She started playing water polo as a fourteen-year-old for a local Brisbane side. She has served as a member of the Australian Water Polo Athlete's Commission.


Club team

Knox played club water polo for the Queensland Breakers in the
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. She was with the team in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The annual match between the KFC Breakers and the Barracudas is considered by ''
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'' as a grudge match. She participated in the 2008 game with her team. In 2010, they played in the finals tournament, and she was named to the league finals' All Star team. , she plays for the Victorian Tigers in the same league. In 2013–14 season Knox played for the
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in the European competitions, winning the
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. Knox was the hero of the final against
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(10–9), scoring Olympiacos' winning goal with a spectacular shot with only 23 seconds to go.


Junior national team

Knox has represented Australia at the junior national level. In 2002, she was a member of the national youth girls team that toured the United States in June, and competed in an international series in Sydney in August. In 2004, she was a member of the team that toured Europe in July and August. She was a member of Australia's junior national team in 2005, and she was on the junior side that competed in the VI FINA World Junior Championships in Perth in January of that year. The team defeated Greece 10–4 for the bronze medal, with its only loss a 4–5 loss to the United States.


Senior national team

Knox is a member of the Australia women's national water polo team, nicknamed the Stingers. She received her first call up to Australia's senior team to compete at the 2005 World Championships in Canada, where she scored her first international goal in her first game, which was against Germany. In 2006, she was part of the gold medal-winning side at the FINA World Cup in
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, and the silver medal-winning team at the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007. Knox was part of Australia's Oceania Olympic qualification campaign in 2008. In an 18–1 victory over New Zealand during the qualifiers, she scored three goals. In 2008, Knox was named to the team that competed at the FINA world league preliminary round in Tianjin, China, and competed in the Women's International Series. In a 2008 Asia-Oceania qualifier against China for the World League Super Finals, she played in the 11–9 win that went to a penalty shoot out, scoring three of the goals for Australia. The World League Finals were held in Spain, and Australia ultimately took home a bronze medal. Knox was the captain of the team that won a bronze medal at the
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in Beijing. Her team ended up in the bronze medal match after losing 8–9 to the United States in the semi finals and playing against Hungary for the bronze. Earlier in the Olympics, her team had tied with the Hungarians. In 2009, Knox was a member of a team that competed at the FINA World Championships. She played in the semi-finals game against New Zealand that Australia won 14–4, scoring four goals. Knox was the captain of the national team in December 2010 and May 2011. In February 2010, she attended a national team training camp in the
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in preparation for the team's appearance at the April Commonwealth Championships. In May 2010, she was a member of the team that competed at the FINA World League Asia-Oceania zone held in
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,
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, and Tianjin, China. She went on to compete in the FINA World League Finals in
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, and Australia took home a silver medal. In August 2010, Knox was a member of the Australian national side at a training camp at the
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. During the camp, she participated in a series of scrimmages against the United States. That month, she also represented Australia at the Six Nations Cup that was held in Sydney. She was a member of the Stingers squad that competed in the 2010 FINA World Cup. She was again the captain during this tournament, and on the second day of the competition, helped lead her team to a 7–5 victory of the United States. She competed Australia's 10–8 defeat of Russia. Her coach was quoted in ''
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'' about her performance in the match, saying "Bronwen Knox was excellent at centre back and the pressure allowed us to get steals and counter-attacks." In the team's 10–8 final victory over the United States, she scored two goals. In April 2011, she attended a training camp at the
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where the coach was "selecting a team for the major championships over winter." In 2011, she was one of five Queensland women to compete for the Australian Stingers in the FINA World League competition held in
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. In a May 2011 match against China, she scored three goals in a 9–7 game that saw Australia score six goals in the second period. In July 2011, Knox was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player. In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in
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. She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers. In February 2012, she was named to a member of the
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training squad. The team of seventeen players will be cut to thirteen before the team departs for the Olympic games, with the announcement being made on 13 June. She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012. This was the team's first matches against Great Britain's national team in six years. In the first game of the test series on 21 February 2012 that Australia won 13–5, she scored three goals. Against Hungary, Knox missed the penalty that eliminated Australia from the
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. Knox was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the
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. The head coach was Predrag Mihailović. By finishing second in their pool, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal. Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details the team's performance in depth.


See also

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Australia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Australia women's national water polo team has participated in 5 of 5 official Water polo at the ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals. There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petr ...
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List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments This is a list of female players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least two or three Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations Overall multi-time Olympians As of 2016, 22 fe ...
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List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers This is a list of top goalscorers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations Overall top goalscorers As of 2016, eighteen female players have scored 20 or more goals at the Summer O ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * (C) – Captain * (GK) – Goalkeeper * (LH) – Left-handed Multiple ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, Bronwen 1986 births Living people Australian female water polo players Olympic bronze medalists for Australia in water polo Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team players Sportswomen from Queensland Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brisbane Australian expatriate sportspeople in Greece World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Hartwick Hawks athletes Griffith University alumni Expatriate water polo players Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States