Margaret "Margie" Dingeldein (born May 30, 1980, in Merced, California) is an American

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player who won a

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in the

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. Her position is attacker, and she is considered an excellent perimeter shooter.

High school

Dingeldein attended Merced High School and was named a water polo high school All-American and member of the U.S. Junior National Team. In 1998, she graduated

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of her high school class and was named a

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College

As a freshman at

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in 1999, Dingeldein was the Cardinals' top scorer with 45 goals. She earned first-team all-tournament at the water polo National Tournament, as well as Academic All-American. In 2000, she again led the team in scoring with 59 goals and was named First Team All-America by the American Water Polo Coaches Association. Dingeldein scored a team-high nine goals in the four games at the National Championships, including four in a win over

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. In 2001, Dingeldein was second on the team in scoring with 48 goals and again earned Academic All-American. She was second again with 35 goals in 2002, when the Stanford women's water polo team defeated the

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8-4 in the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships, winning the Cardinal their first NCAA water polo title. Dingeldein graduated from Stanford University in 2002 with a degree in human biology. Dingeldein attended medical school at the

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, and on graduating became an anesthesiology resident at

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International

Dingeldein was a member of the US National Team, winning the

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in 2003 at the

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World Water Polo Championships. She scored 8 goals in two games at the 2003 Pan American Games, qualifying Team USA for the Olympics. At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Dingeldein contributed a goal each in the games against Russia, Canada and Italy, and the US women took home an Olympic bronze medal. In 2005, Dingeldein joined the women's water polo team coaching staff at the

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References

Stanford biography

2004 Team USA biography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dingeldein, Margaret 1980 births American female water polo players Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Stanford Cardinal women's water polo players World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in water polo American water polo coaches People from Merced, California

High school

College

International

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