Heather Petri

Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and the gold medal in London 2012.[1] She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo.[2] Her position is attacker.

Heather Petri
Petri in 2013
Personal information
Full nameHeather Danielle Petri
BornJune 13, 1978 (1978-06-13) (age 42)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2012 London Team competition
2000 Sydney Team competition
2008 Beijing Team competition
2004 Athens Team competition
World Championships
2003 Barcelona Team competition
2007 Melbourne Team competition
2009 Rome Team competition
2005 Montreal Team competition
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team competition

Petri began playing water polo on the boys' team in high school, but helped begin a girls' water polo program at Miramonte High School and was team captain for two years. In 1997 she was recruited by UC Berkeley coach Maureen O'Toole, and played collegiate water polo from 1997–2001. Petri earned All-America and All-MPSF honors at Cal in 1998 and 1999 and finished her college career with 96 goals. She sat out her senior season as a member of the first US women's Olympic water polo team, and graduated from Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in integrative biology. She played for Rari-Nantes, a professional water polo team in Florence, Italy, for the 2004–2005 and 2005–2006 season, and is currently a member of the US senior women's team.

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 USA water polo women's senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships. She currently works as an assistant coach for the Cal Women's water polo team under former olympic teammate Coralie Simmons.

Awards

She was inducted into the Waterpolo Hall of Fame with the class of 2018.[3]

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See also

References
  1. "Heather Petri". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. "Announcing 2018 USA Water Polo Hall Of Fame". 16 April 2018.
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