List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo.[1]
Men
Medalists by tournament
- Abbreviation and legend
- * – Host team
- † – Defunct team
- (C) – Captain
- (GK) – Goalkeeper
- (LH) – Left-handed
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Multiple medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Five male athletes won five or more medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. Aside from Serbian water polo player Slobodan Nikić who won five medals,[2] all were members of the Croatia men's national water polo team. Andro Bušlje is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win seven medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships (two gold, one silver and four bronze).[3]
- Legend
- – Hosts
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | ||||||||||
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| G | S | B | T | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Andro Bušlje | 1986 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |  Croatia | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 14 years (19/33) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | [3] |
| 2 | Maro Joković | 1987 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | Croatia | FP | 2007 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 12 years (19/31) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | [4] | ||
| 3 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2003 | 2005 | 12 years (20/32) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [2] | ||||||
 Serbia | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Josip Pavić | 1982 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Croatia | GK | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 14 years (19/33) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [5] | |
| Sandro Sukno | 1990 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | Croatia | FP | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [6] | ||||
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | |||||||
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Multiple gold medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Serbian player Slobodan Nikić is the first and only male athlete to win three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.[2]
There are twenty-eight male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
- Legend
- – Hosts
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2003 | 2005 | 12 years (20/32) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [2] | |||||
| Serbia | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
Women
Medalists by tournament
- Abbreviation and legend
- * – Host team
- (C) – Captain
- (GK) – Goalkeeper
- (LH) – Left-handed
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Multiple medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Seven female athletes won four medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
- Legend
- – Hosts
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Heather Petri | 1978 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |  United States | FP | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 10 years (23/33) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [7] | |
| Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | United States | FP | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 13 years (17/31) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [8] | |
| 3 | Francesca Conti | 1972 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |  Italy | GK | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 11 years (22/33) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [9] | ||
| Melania Grego | 1973 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Italy | FP | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 9 years (21/30) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [10] | ||||
| Giusi Malato | 1971 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Italy | FP | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 9 years (23/32) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [11] | ||||
| Martina Miceli | 1973 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Italy | FP | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 13 years (20/33) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [12] | ||
| 7 | Sofia Konukh | 1980 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |  Russia | FP | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 13 years (17/31) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | [13] |
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | ||||||
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Multiple gold medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Ten female athletes won three or more gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. They were all members of the United States women's national water polo team.
There are twenty-four female athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
- Legend
- – Hosts
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||
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| G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Heather Petri | 1978 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 10 years (23/33) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [7] | |
| Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | United States | FP | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 13 years (17/31) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [8] | |
| 3 | Kami Craig | 1987 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 8 years (19/28) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [14] | ||
| Rachel Fattal | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 6 years (19/25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [15] | ||||
| Makenzie Fischer | 1997 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (18/22) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [16] | |||||
| Maddie Musselman | 1998 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (17/21) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [17] | |||||
| Kiley Neushul | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 6 years (20/26) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [18] | ||||
| Melissa Seidemann | 1990 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | United States | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 8 years (21/29) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [19] | |||
| Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | United States | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 8 years (18/26) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [20] | |||
| Alys Williams | 1994 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | United States | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (21/25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | ||||||
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See also
- Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
- List of World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament records and statistics
- List of World Aquatics Championships women's water polo tournament records and statistics
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of world champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo
References
- "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 14, 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- "Slobodan Nikić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Andro Bušlje". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Maro Joković". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Josip Pavić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Sandro Sukno". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Heather Petri". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Brenda Villa". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Francesca Conti". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Melania Grego". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Giusi Malato". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Martina Miceli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Sofia Konukh". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Kami Craig". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Rachel Fattal". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Makenzie Fischer". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Maddie Musselman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Kiley Neushul". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Melissa Seidemann". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "Maggie Steffens". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
Sources
Official Reports (FINA)
PDF documents on the FINA website:
- HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 14–18, 57–62)
Official Results Books (FINA)
PDF documents on the Omega Timing website:
- 12th World Championship (2007)
PDF documents on the Sport Result website:
- 13th World Championship (2009)
- 14th World Championship (2011)
- 15th World Championship (2013)
- 16th World Championship (2015)
- 17th World Championship (2017)
- 18th World Championship (2019)
Olympedia
Water polo on the Olympedia website:
Todor66
Water polo on the Todor66 website:
- Water Polo World Championship
- Men's Water Polo World Championship
- Women's Water Polo World Championship
- 1973 World Championship (men's tournament)
- 1975 World Championship (men's tournament)
- 1978 World Championship (men's tournament)
- 1982 World Championship (men's tournament)
- 1986 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 1991 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 1994 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 1998 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2001 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2003 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2005 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2007 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2009 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2011 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2013 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2015 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2017 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- 2019 World Championship (men's tournament, women's tournament)
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