Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Abbreviations
Pos. Position Cap number
CF Centre Forward CB Centre Back
D Defense GK Goalkeeper

Pool A

Australia

The following is the Australian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Head coach: Greg McFadden

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Lea YanitsasGK1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)78 kg (172 lb)15 March 1989 Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
2Gemma BeadsworthCF1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)78 kg (172 lb)17 July 1987 Fremantle Marlins
3Hannah BucklingCB1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)75 kg (165 lb)3 June 1992 Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
4Holly Lincoln-SmithCF1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)82 kg (181 lb)26 March 1988 Cronulla Sharks
5Keesja GofersD1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)64 kg (141 lb)16 March 1990 Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
6Bronwen Knox (c)CF1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)88 kg (194 lb)16 April 1986 Victorian Tigers
7Rowena WebsterCB1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)64 kg (141 lb)27 December 1987 Victorian Tigers
8Glencora RalphCB1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)68 kg (150 lb)8 August 1988 Fremantle Marlins
9Zoe AranciniD1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)70 kg (154 lb)14 July 1991 Fremantle Marlins
10Ashleigh SouthernCF1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)82 kg (181 lb)22 October 1992 Brisbane Barracudas
11Isobel BishopD1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)69 kg (152 lb)8 September 1991 Sydney Uni Water Polo Club
12Nicola ZagameD1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)11 August 1990 Cronulla Sharks
13Kelsey WakefieldGK1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)64 kg (141 lb)1 June 1991 Queensland Breakers

Brazil

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Patrick Oaten

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Tess OliveiraGK1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)66 kg (146 lb)6 January 1987 Pinheiros
2Diana AblaCF1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)70 kg (154 lb)29 July 1995 Pinheiros
3Marina Zablith (c)CB1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)77 kg (170 lb)4 March 1987 Pinheiros
4Marina CanettiCF1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)66 kg (146 lb)24 January 1983 Flamengo
5Lucianne BarroncasD1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)68 kg (150 lb)1 April 1988 Pinheiros
6Izabella ChiappiniD1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)67 kg (148 lb)28 September 1995 Pinheiros
7Amanda OliveiraD1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)66 kg (146 lb)6 January 1987 Pinheiros
8Luíza CarvalhoCF1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)77 kg (170 lb)2 July 1983 Pinheiros
9Camila PedrosaCF1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)60 kg (132 lb)12 March 1975 Paulistano
10Viviane BahiaCB1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)68 kg (150 lb)14 February 1994 Pinheiros
11Mariana DuarteW1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)66 kg (146 lb)5 October 1986 Paineiras do Morumby
12Gabriela MantellatoD1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)28 October 1991 Pinheiros
13Victória ChamorroGK1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)70 kg (154 lb)10 July 1996 Paineiras do Morumby

Italy

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Head coach: Fabio Conti

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Giulia GorleroGK1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)73 kg (161 lb)26 September 1990 Despar Messina
2Chiara TabaniCB1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)27 August 1994 Mediostar Prato
3Arianna GaribottiD1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)64 kg (141 lb)9 December 1989 Despar Messina
4Elisa QueiroloCB1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)61 kg (134 lb)6 March 1991 Plebiscito Padova
5Federica RadicchiCB1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)70 kg (154 lb)21 December 1988 Despar Messina
6Rosaria AielloCF1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)74 kg (163 lb)12 May 1989 Despar Messina
7Tania Di Mario (c)D1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)62 kg (137 lb)4 May 1979 L’Ekipe Orizzonte
8Roberta BianconiCB1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)76 kg (168 lb)8 July 1989 Olympiacos
9Giulia EmmoloD1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)67 kg (148 lb)16 October 1991 Olympiacos
10Francesca PomeriCF1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)76 kg (168 lb)18 February 1993 Città di Cosenza
11Aleksandra CottiCF1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)65 kg (143 lb)13 December 1988 Rapallo Pallanuoto
12Teresa FrassinettiCF1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)75 kg (165 lb)24 December 1985 Rari Nantes Bogliasco
13Laura TeaniGK1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)75 kg (165 lb)13 March 1991 Plebiscito Padova

Russia

The following is the Russian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Head coach: Alexandr Gaidukov

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Anna UstyukhinaGK1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)70 kg (154 lb)18 March 1989 SKIF-CSP Izmailovo
2Nadezhda FedotovaD1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)68 kg (150 lb)20 May 1988 Kinef Kirishi
3Ekaterina Prokofyeva (c)D1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)70 kg (154 lb)13 March 1991 Kinef Kirishi
4Elvina KarimovaD1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)62 kg (137 lb)25 March 1994 Uralochka Zlatoust
5Maria BorisovaD1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)95 kg (209 lb)28 July 1997 SKIF-CSP Izmailovo
6Olga BelovaCB1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)60 kg (132 lb)27 August 1993 Uralochka Zlatoust
7Ekaterina LisunovaD1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)64 kg (141 lb)6 October 1989 Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
8Anastasia SimanovichCF1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)69 kg (152 lb)23 January 1995 Kinef Kirishi
9Anna TimofeevaCF1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)86 kg (190 lb)18 July 1987 Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
10Evgenia SobolevaCB1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)75 kg (165 lb)26 August 1988 Kinef Kirishi
11Evgeniya IvanovaD1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)67 kg (148 lb)26 July 1987 Kinef Kirishi
12Anna GrinevaCB1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb)31 January 1988 Spartak Volgograd
13Anna KarnaukhGK1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)61 kg (134 lb)31 August 1993 Kinef Kirishi

Pool B

China

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

Head coach: Ricardo Azevedo

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Yang JunGK1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)69 kg (152 lb)28 April 1988 Tianjin
2Ma HuanhuanD1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)66 kg (146 lb)13 January 1990 Guangxi
3Mei XiaohanCB1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)100 kg (220 lb)11 November 1996 Tianjin
4Xiong DunhanCF1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)83 kg (183 lb)11 November 1998 Hunan
5Niu GuannanD1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)68 kg (150 lb)10 May 1992 Guangxi
6Sun YatingCF1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)76 kg (168 lb)24 February 1988 Tianjin
7Song DonglunD1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)83 kg (183 lb)28 April 1991 Tianjin
8Zhang CongD1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)62 kg (137 lb)3 May 1990 Tianjin
9Zhao ZihanD1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)62 kg (137 lb)4 September 1993 Shanghai
10Zhang WeiweiD1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)66 kg (146 lb)7 October 1990 Sichuan
11Wang XinyanCB1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)73 kg (161 lb)26 April 1991 Shanghai
12Zhang JingD1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)62 kg (137 lb)16 June 1996 Fujian
13Peng LinGK1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)73 kg (161 lb)4 April 1995 Hunan

Hungary

The following is the Hungarian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

Head coach: Attila Bíró

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Edina GanglGK1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)64 kg (141 lb)25 June 1990 UVSE
2Dóra CzigányD1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)60 kg (132 lb)23 October 1992 Eger
3Dóra AntalD1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)62 kg (137 lb)9 September 1993 UVSE
4Hanna KistelekiCF1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)63 kg (139 lb)10 March 1991 UVSE
5Gabriella SzűcsD1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb)7 March 1988 UVSE
6Orsolya TakácsCB1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)83 kg (183 lb)20 May 1985 BVSC
7Anna IllésCB1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)73 kg (161 lb)21 February 1994 California Golden Bears
8Rita Keszthelyi (c)D1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)67 kg (148 lb)10 December 1991 UVSE
9Ildikó TóthCF1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)23 April 1987 UVSE
10Barbara BujkaCF1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)82 kg (181 lb)5 September 1986 Szeged
11Dóra CsabaiCB1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)63 kg (139 lb)20 April 1989 UVSE
12Krisztina GardaCB1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)76 kg (168 lb)16 July 1994 Dunaújvárosi Főiskola
13Orsolya KasóGK1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)72 kg (159 lb)22 November 1988 Dunaújvárosi Főiskola

Spain

The following is the Spanish roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Head coach: Miki Oca

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth Club
1Laura EsterGK1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)56 kg (123 lb)22 January 1990 Sabadell
2Marta BachCB1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)66 kg (146 lb)17 February 1993 Mataró
3Anna EsparD1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)66 kg (146 lb)8 January 1993 Sabadell
4Beatriz OrtizD1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)65 kg (143 lb)21 June 1995 Rubí
5Matilde OrtizCB1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)64 kg (141 lb)16 September 1990 Sabadell
6Paula LeitónCF1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)93 kg (205 lb)27 April 2000 Terrassa
7Clara EsparD1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)70 kg (154 lb)29 September 1994 Sabadell
8Pilar PeñaD1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)61 kg (134 lb)4 April 1986 Sabadell
9Judith ForcaD1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)66 kg (146 lb)7 June 1996 Sabadell
10Roser TarragóD1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)61 kg (134 lb)25 March 1993 Mataró
11Maica GarcíaCF1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (198 lb)17 October 1990 Sabadell
12Laura LópezD1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)63 kg (139 lb)13 January 1988 Mataró
13Patricia HerreraGK1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)59 kg (130 lb)9 February 1993 Madrid Moscardó

United States

The following is the American roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Adam Krikorian

Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1Samantha HillGK1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)89 kg (196 lb)8 June 1992 Santa Barbara WP Foundation
2Madeline MusselmannD1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)61 kg (134 lb)16 June 1998 Corona del Mar Aquatics
3Melissa SeidemannCB1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)104 kg (229 lb)26 June 1990 New York Athletic Club
4Rachel FattalD1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)66 kg (146 lb)10 December 1993 SoCal
5Caroline ClarkCB1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)73 kg (161 lb)28 June 1990 New York Athletic Club
6Maggie Steffens (c)CB1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)70 kg (154 lb)4 June 1993 New York Athletic Club
7Courtney MathewsonD1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)71 kg (157 lb)14 September 1986 New York Athletic Club
8Kiley NeushulD1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)66 kg (146 lb)5 March 1993 Santa Barbara WP Foundation
9Aria FischerCF1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)65 kg (143 lb)2 March 1999 SET Water Polo
10Kaleigh GilchristD1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)77 kg (170 lb)16 May 1992 New York Athletic Club
11Makenzie FischerCB1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)75 kg (165 lb)29 March 1997 SET Water Polo
12Kami CraigCF1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)88 kg (194 lb)21 July 1987 New York Athletic Club
13Ashleigh JohnsonGK1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)86 kg (190 lb)12 September 1994 New York Athletic Club

See also

References

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