Brenda Villa
American water polo player and coach · United States · On the map · Athletes · Born 1980 · age 46
Brenda Villa is a highly accomplished American water polo player, who played for Stanford and won a silver medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, a silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and a gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics.
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- Makenzie Fischer Also at Stanford Cardinal women's water polo
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She is one of the most decorated athletes in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. She is one of only 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. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
