(1980-04-18) April 18, 1980 (age 44) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height
5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight
174 lb (79 kg)
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing the United States
Summer Olympics
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
2003 Santo Domingo
Team competition
2007 Rio de Janeiro
Team competition
2011 Guadalajara
Team competition
FINA World Cup
2010 Christchurch
Team competition
FINA World League
2004 Long Beach
Team competition
2006 Cosenza
Team competition
2007 Montreal
Team competition
2009 Kirishi
Team competition
2010 La Jolla
Team competition
2011 Tianjin
Team competition
2012 Changshu
Team competition
2008 Santa Cruz
Team competition
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Brenda Villa (born April 18, 1980) is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo.[1] Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine.[2][3] She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics;[4] and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo.[5] She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals.[4] In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame[6] and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[7][8]
^"Brenda Villa" National Team water polo profile at teamUSA.org
^"Brenda Villa Named FINA Aquatics World Magazine Female Water Polo Player of the Decade" usawaterpolo.org March 18, 2010
^"Athletes of the Decade: Brenda Villa" Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine fina.org
^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brenda Villa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
^"Brenda Villa (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^"Brenda Villa (2018)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^"Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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