Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American

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player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the

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, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in

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and the gold medal in

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. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. Her position is

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. Petri began playing water polo on the boys' team in high school, but helped begin a girls' water polo program at Miramonte High School and was team captain for two years. In 1997 she was recruited by

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coach

Maureen O'Toole Maureen "Mo" O'Toole (born March 24, 1961) is an accomplished American water polo player and coach. In over 30 years in the sport, she set multiple firsts for women in water polo, received all the top honors, and in her time was recognized as on ...

, and played collegiate water polo from 1997–2001. Petri earned

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and All-

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honors at Cal in 1998 and 1999 and finished her college career with 96 goals. She sat out her senior season as a member of the first US women's Olympic water polo team, and graduated from Berkeley in 2002 with a degree i
integrative biology
She played for Rari-Nantes, a professional water polo team in Florence, Italy, for the 2004–2005 and 2005–2006 season, and is currently a member of the US senior women's team. In March 2007, Petri competed in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, representing the United States. After a series of victories, the United States won the gold medal, becoming world champions. Petri also won a gold medal in the 2003 World Aquatic Championships in Barcelona, Spain and in 2009 in Rome. She is now a three time World Champion. At the 2008 China Summer Olympic games, she and the American team lost 8-9 in the

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to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal.

Career

In June 2009, Petri was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the

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. She currently works as an assistant coach for the Cal Women's water polo team under former olympic teammate Coralie Simmons.

Awards

In 2018, she was inducted into the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petri, Heather 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Oakland, California American people of Austrian descent American female water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in water polo Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States California Golden Bears women's water polo players American water polo coaches Miramonte High School alumni Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

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