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The team returned to successful ways by taking the bronze at the 2005 FINA Water Polo World League event in Kirishi, Russia, and at the 2007 Water polo world championship in Melbourne, Australia by taking the silver medal, after losing a hard fought final 5–6 to the US team.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Australia women's national water polo team has participated in 5 of 5 official women's water polo tournaments. [1]
Charlize Andrews (born 26 December 2001) is an Australian water polo player. In 2022, Andrews debuted in Australia's women's national water polo team in connection with the FINA Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Peru. [1]
The U.S. has been the dominant force in women’s water polo for more than a decade, winning gold medals in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics (postponed a year due to COVID).
She competed at the 2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup, 2023 Tri Nations Water Polo Test Match Series, [4] and 2024 World Aquatics Championships. [5] She played for UTS Balmain Tigers. [6] She trains with the New South Wales Institute of Sport. [7] [8]
The forerunner of the current national Water polo championship was the Australian Water Polo Club Championship, which was contested annually from 1975 until 1990 for men, and from 1984 until 2003 for women. [4] Today, the Australian Water Polo League (AWL) is Australia’s premier domestic water polo competition.
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Water polo is an international game, contested by over 120 countries, and with artistic swimming are the only Olympic team sports played in water. First introduced to the Olympic program at the 1900 Paris Games, water polo and rowing remain the only team sports to be continually programmed for every edition of the Summer Olympics.