Ellen Estes
Medal record | ||
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Women’s water polo | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team competition | |
2004 Athens | Team competition | |
World Championships | ||
2003 Barcelona | Team competition |
Ellen Marie Estes (born October 13, 1978 in Portland, Oregon) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estes scored three goals during the bronze medal game against Australia.
Estes played for Stanford University. She was a senior on the 2002 NCAA National Championship Team; was a two-time All-American; and broke a Stanford scoring record with 93 goals in her sophomore year. She graduated with an Engineering degree at Stanford, and interned for studied roller-coaster design as an intern with Disney.
In 2003, Estes was named the USA Water Polo Female Athlete of the Year.
From 2007–2009, Estes served as a volunteer assistant coach for the
In 2012, she was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[1][2]
Performances
- Olympic Games: Silver Medal (2000), Bronze Medal (2004)
- World Championships: Gold Medal (2003)
- Pan American Games: Second Place (1999)
- FINA World Cup: Second Place (2002)
See also
- United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of world champions in women's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ "Ellen Estes Lee (2012)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
External links
- Ellen Estes at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- Ellen Estes at Olympics.com
- Ellen Estes at Olympedia