- Source: 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 Petri and Brenda Villa of the United States are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.
Abbreviations
Medalists by tournament
Overall multiple medalists
As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 35 female athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.
= 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 player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Legend
Team* – Host team
Sources:
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).
= By confederation
=Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= By team
=Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= By position
=Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= Four or more Olympic medals
=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 player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.
Heather Petri and Brenda Villa, both representing the United States, are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.
Legend
– Hosts
Sources:
Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).
= Three Olympic medals
=The following table is pre-sorted by 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 player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Three female athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.
Legend
– Hosts
Source:
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).
= Two Olympic medals
=The following table is pre-sorted by 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 player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Thirty female athletes won two Olympic medals in water polo.
Legend
– Hosts
Source:
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).
= Multiple medalists by team
=The following tables are 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 player (in ascending order), respectively.
Legend
Year* – As host team
Australia
Women's national team: Australia
Team appearances: 6 (2000*–2020)
As host team: 2000*
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 5
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
Greece
Women's national team: Greece
Team appearances: 2 (2004*–2008)
As host team: 2004*
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Hungary
Women's national team: Hungary
Team appearances: 5 (2004–2020)
As host team: —
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 7 August 2021.
Italy
Women's national team: Italy
Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
As host team: —
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 1
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Netherlands
Women's national team: Netherlands
Team appearances: 3 (2000, 2008, 2020)
As host team: —
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Russia
Women's national team: Russia
Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
As host team: —
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Spain
Women's national team: Spain
Team appearances: 3 (2012–2020)
As host team: —
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 6
Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
United States
Women's national team: United States
Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
As host team: —
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 2
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 3
Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 18
Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
See also
Water polo at the Summer Olympics
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
Sources
= Official Results Books (IOC)
=PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
PDF documents on the FINA website:
Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)
PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)
PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:
Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)
= Official Reports (FINA)
=PDF documents on the FINA website:
HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (p. 56)
1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)
= Official website (IOC)
=Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:
Water polo
Women's water polo
= Olympedia
=Water polo on the Olympedia website:
= Sports Reference
=Water polo on the Sports Reference website:
= Todor66
=Water polo on the Todor66 website:
External links
Olympic water polo – Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of Asian Games medalists in water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Lists of Olympic medalists in water polo
- Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- Water polo at the Summer Olympics
- FINA Water Polo World Rankings
- Lists of Olympic medalists
