This is a list of female
goalkeeper
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s who have been named in the national
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 ...
team for the
Summer Olympics
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.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.
;Legend and abbreviation
* – Olympic
winning streak
A winning streak, also known as a win streak or hot streak, is an uninterrupted sequence of success in games or competitions, commonly measured by at least three wins that are uninterrupted by losses or ties. In sports, it can be applied to te ...
(winning three or more Olympic titles in a row)
* – Winning all matches during the tournament
* – Host team
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Source:
*
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 71–72), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–219).
Records and statistics
Age records
The following tables show the oldest and youngest water polo goalkeepers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament. Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Oldest goalkeepers
;Legend
* – Host team
Youngest goalkeepers
;Legend
* – Host team
Multiple appearances
By tournament
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.
As of 2016, fifteen female goalkeepers have been named in the national water polo team squad in two or more Olympic tournaments.
;Legend
* Team
* – Host team
Three-time Olympians
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Two female goalkeepers have been named in the national water polo team squad in three or more Olympic tournaments between 2000 and 2016 inclusive.
;Legend and abbreviation
* – Hosts
* Apps – Appearances
Multiple medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.
As of 2016, three female goalkeepers have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo.
;Legend
* – Hosts
Most saves
One match
One tournament
All-time
Goalkeepers by team
The following tables are pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.
;Legend
* Year
* – As host team
Australia
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 5 (2000
*–2016)
* As host team: 2000
*
*
Brazil
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 1 (2016
*)
* As host team: 2016
*
* Last updated: 1 April 2021.
;Legend and abbreviation
* – Hosts
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Source:
*
Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 200–201).
Canada
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2000–2004)
* As host team: —
*
China
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 3 (2008
*–2016)
* As host team: 2008
*
*
Great Britain
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 1 (2012
*)
* As host team: 2012
*
* Last updated: 1 April 2021.
;Legend and abbreviation
* – Hosts
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Source:
*
Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 356–357).
Greece
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2004
*–2008)
* As host team: 2004
*
*
Hungary
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
* As host team: —
*
Italy
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
* As host team: —
*
Kazakhstan
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2000–2004)
* As host team: —
* Last updated: 1 April 2021.
;Abbreviation
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Source:
*
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 98), 2004 (pp. 76–77).
Note:
*
Galina Rytova is also listed in section
Russia
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.
Netherlands
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2000, 2008)
* As host team: —
*
Russia
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 5 (2000–2016)
* As host team: —
*
Note:
*
Galina Rytova is also listed in section
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.
Spain
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 2 (2012–2016)
* As host team: —
*
United States
* Women's national team:
* Team appearances: 5 (2000–2016)
* As host team: —
*
See also
*
Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary at the Olympics, Hungary h ...
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Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
This is a list of Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900.
Abbreviations
History
Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Men's wat ...
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List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
This is a list of Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2000.
Abbreviations
History
Women's water polo ...
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National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament
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List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
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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 men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
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List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ...
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List of Olympic venues in water polo
References
Sources
ISHOF
External links
Olympic water polo – Official website
{{Water polo records and statistics
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Lists of women by occupation
Lists of Olympic sportswomen