Debbie Watson (water polo)

Deborah Kathleen Watson (born 28 September 1965 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player who captained the Australian team which won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Debbie Watson
Personal information
Born (1965-09-28) 28 September 1965
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Medal record
Women's Water Polo
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyTeam Competition
World Championship
1986 MadridTeam Competition
FINA World Cup
1984 IrvineTeam Competition
1995 SydneyTeam Competition

She participated at the 1984 FINA World Cup, and 1986 World Aquatics Championships.

Watson competed in the Gladiator Individual Sports Athletes Challenge in 1995.

In 2006, she became the first female waterpolo player to make it into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame.[1] In 2008, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Aussie in swimming Hall of Fame first". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. p. 205. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.
  3. Profile Archived 9 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at International Swimming Hall of Fame


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