Heather Petri
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Full name | Heather Danielle Petri |
Born | June 13, 1978 Oakland, California, U.S. | (age 45)
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Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American
Petri began playing water polo on the boys' team in high school, but helped begin a girls' water polo program at
In March 2007, Petri competed in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, representing the United States. After a series of victories, the United States won the gold medal, becoming world champions. Petri also won a gold medal in the 2003 World Aquatic Championships in Barcelona, Spain and in 2009 in Rome. She is now a three time World Champion.
At the 2008 China Summer Olympic games, she and the American team lost 8-9 in the Championship game to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal.
Career
In June 2009, Petri was named to the
Awards
In 2018, she was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[3][4]
See also
- United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of world champions in women's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ "Heather Petri". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Heather Petri (2018)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
External links
- Heather Petri at World Aquatics
- Heather Petri at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- Heather Petri at Olympics.com
- Heather Petri at Olympedia
- Heather Petri at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)