This is a list of female players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least two or three Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 2000.

Abbreviations Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper (C) Captain p. page pp. pages

Overall multi-time Olympians As of 2016, 22 female players have been named in the national water polo team squad in three or more women's Olympic tournaments.

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: 6 February 2021.

Legend and abbreviation Team* – Host team

Year Total Five-time Olympian Four-time Olympian Three-time Olympian 2000 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 2004 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 2008 4 — 0 — 0 : Sofia Konukh, Elena Smurova: Heather Petri, Brenda Villa 4 2012 9 — 0 : Sofia Konukh: Heather Petri, Brenda Villa 3 : Kate Gynther, Melissa Rippon: Rita Drávucz: Tania Di Mario, Elena Gigli (GK), Anikó Pelle 6 2016 13 — 0 : Tania Di Mario 1 : Gemma Beadsworth, Bronwen Knox: Ma Huanhuan, Sun Yating, Yang Jun (GK): Orsolya Takács: Teresa Frassinetti: Nadezhda Glyzina, Ekaterina Lisunova, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Evgenia Soboleva: Kami Craig 12 2020 Year Total Five-time Olympian Four-time Olympian Three-time Olympian

By confederation Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Confederation Number of multi-time Olympians Five-time Four-time Three-time Total Africa – CANA 0 0 0 0 Americas – UANA 0 2 1 3 Asia – AASF 0 0 3 3 Europe – LEN 0 2 10 12 Oceania – OSA 0 0 4 4 Total 0 4 18 22

By team Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Women's team Number of multi-time Olympians Confederation Five-time Four-time Three-time Total 0 0 4 4 Oceania – OSA 0 0 3 3 Asia – AASF 0 0 2 2 Europe – LEN 0 1 3 4 Europe – LEN 0 1 5 6 Europe – LEN 0 2 1 3 Americas – UANA Total 0 4 18 22

By position Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Position Number of multi-time Olympians Five-time Four-time Three-time Total Field player 0 4 16 20 Goalkeeper 0 0 2 2 Total 0 4 18 22

Four-time Olympians

Multi-time Olympians by team The following tables are 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 player (in ascending order), respectively.

Legend Year* – As host team

Australia Women's national team: Team appearances: 6 (2000*–2020) As host team: 2000* * Number of four-time Olympians: 0 Number of three-time Olympians: 4 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Legend – Hosts

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 3 Melissa Rippon FP 2004 2008 2012 23/31 Kate Gynther FP 2004 2008 2012 22/30 Bronwen Knox FP 2008 2012 2016 22/30 Gemma Beadsworth FP 2008 2012 2016 21/29

Brazil Women's national team: Team appearances: 1 (2016*) As host team: 2016* Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Number of two-time Olympians: 0 Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Canada Women's national team: Team appearances: 3 (2000–2004, 2020) As host team: — * Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Number of two-time Olympians: 8 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at two or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 2 Ann Dow FP 2000 2004 29/33 Johanne Bégin FP 2000 2004 28/32 Cora Campbell FP 2000 2004 26/30 Melissa Collins FP 2000 2004 23/27 Marie Luc Arpin FP 2000 2004 22/26 Jana Salat FP 2000 2004 21/25 Susan Gardiner FP 2000 2004 20/24 Valérie Dionne FP 2000 2004 20/24

China Women's national team: Team appearances: 4 (2008*–2020) As host team: 2008* * Number of four-time Olympians: 0 Number of three-time Olympians: 3 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Legend – Hosts

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 3 Sun Yating FP 2008 2012 2016 20/28 Yang Jun GK 2008 2012 2016 20/28 Ma Huanhuan FP 2008 2012 2016 18/26

Great Britain Women's national team: Team appearances: 1 (2012*) As host team: 2012* Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Number of two-time Olympians: 0 Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Greece Women's national team: Team appearances: 2 (2004*–2008) As host team: 2004* * Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Number of two-time Olympians: 7 Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend – Hosts

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at two or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 2 Stavroula Kozompoli FP 2004 2008 30/34 Georgia Ellinaki GK 2004 2008 30/34 Evangelia Moraitidou FP 2004 2008 29/33 Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou FP 2004 2008 26/30 Kyriaki Liosi FP 2004 2008 24/28 Georgia Lara FP 2004 2008 24/28 Antigoni Roumpesi FP 2004 2008 21/25

Hungary Women's national team: Team appearances: 5 (2004–2020) As host team: — * Number of four-time Olympians: 0 Number of three-time Olympians: 2 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 3 Rita Drávucz FP 2004 2008 2012 24/32 Orsolya Takács FP 2008 2012 2016 23/31 Note: Three-time Olympian Anikó Pelle is listed in section Italy.

Italy Women's national team: Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016) As host team: — * Number of five-time Olympians: 0 Number of four-time Olympians: 1 Number of three-time Olympians: 3 Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Abbreviation HUN – Hungary ITA – Italy

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 4 Tania Di Mario FP 2004 2008 2012 2016 25/37 3 Anikó Pelle FP 2004HUN 2008HUN 2012ITA 25/33 Elena Gigli GK 2004 2008 2012 19/27 Teresa Frassinetti FP 2008 2012 2016 22/30

Japan Women's national team: Team appearances: 1 (2020*) As host team: 2020* Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Number of two-time Olympians: 0 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Kazakhstan Women's national team: Team appearances: 2 (2000–2004) As host team: — Number of four-time Olympians: 0 Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Netherlands Women's national team: Team appearances: 3 (2000, 2008, 2020) As host team: — * Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Number of two-time Olympians: 2 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at two or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 2 Gillian van den Berg FP 2000 2008 29/36 Daniëlle de Bruijn FP 2000 2008 22/30

Russia Women's national team: Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020) As host team: — * Number of five-time Olympians: 0 Number of four-time Olympians: 1 Number of three-time Olympians: 5 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 4 Sofia Konukh FP 2000 2004 2008 2012 20/32 3 Elena Smurova FP 2000 2004 2008 26/34 Nadezhda Glyzina FP 2008 2012 2016 20/28 Evgenia Soboleva FP 2008 2012 2016 19/27 Ekaterina Lisunova FP 2008 2012 2016 18/26 Ekaterina Prokofyeva FP 2008 2012 2016 17/25

South Africa Women's national team: Team appearances: 1 (2020*) As host team: 2020* Number of four-time Olympians: 0 Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Spain Women's national team: Team appearances: 3 (2012–2020) As host team: — * Number of four-time Olympians: 0 Number of three-time Olympians: 0 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

United States Women's national team: Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020) As host team: — * Number of five-time Olympians: 0 Number of four-time Olympians: 2 Number of three-time Olympians: 1 Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Legend – Hosts

+ Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 4 Heather Petri FP 2000 2004 2008 2012 22/34 Brenda Villa FP 2000 2004 2008 2012 20/32 2018 3 Kami Craig FP 2008 2012 2016 21/29

See also Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics List of Olympic champions in men's water polo List of Olympic champions in women's water polo National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers List of Olympic venues in water polo

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links Olympic water polo – Official website