Lauren Wenger
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Full name | Lauren Ashley Wenger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 11, 1984 Long Beach, California, U.S. | (age 40)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lauren Ashley Wenger (born March 11, 1984) is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams. Her position is two-meter defender.
Career
High School
Wenger was
Wenger is a member of the U.S National Team, helping Team USA win silver at the 2005
Professional career
She played her first international season for the Greek powerhouse
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.[4]
In June, 2009, Wenger was named to the
In 2011, Wenger placed 6th in the FINA World Championships with Team USA.
In August 2012, she won the gold medal in London 2012 Olympic Games with the US team, defeating Spain in the final match.[4]
Awards
In 2019, Wenger was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[5][6]
See also
- United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- 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
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- ^ a b Roster Announced For 2009 FINA Women's World Championships Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, June 24, 2009.
- ^ Lauren Wenger bio, nbcolympics.com
- ^ Lauren Wenger, usawaterpolo.org
- ^ a b "LAUREN WENGER". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Lauren Wenger (2019)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
External links
- Lauren Wenger at World Aquatics
- Lauren Wenger at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- Lauren Wenger at Olympics.com
- Lauren Wenger at Olympedia
- Lauren Wenger at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Lauren Wenger: USC player biography