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Robin Mary Beauregard (born February 23, 1979 in
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) is an American
water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player, who won the silver medal at the
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. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Beauregard plays the position of center defender. In addition to playing for the national team, Beauregard also played for
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. She was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2003 NCAA Championships, where UCLA beat Stanford University by a score of 4-3. She was named 1st Team NCAA All-American three times while at UCLA. Beauregard attended Marina High School, which did not have a female water polo team until her junior year, and she played on its team of mostly male players. In 2011, she was inducted into the
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.


Performances

* Olympic Games: Silver Medal (2000), Bronze Medal (2004) * World Championships: Gold Medal (2003) * Pan American Games: Second Place (1999) * FINA World Cup: Second Place (2002) * FINA World Championships: Fourth Place (2001) * NCAA National Championship Team: 1998, 2001, 2003


See also

* United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics *
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 Pet ...
* List of world champions in women's water polo *
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 Multipl ...


References


External links

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Robin Beauregard's U.S. Olympic Team bio


1979 births Living people American female water polo players UCLA Bruins women's water polo players Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in water polo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Long Beach, California {{US-waterpolo-Olympic-medalist-stub