Heather Petri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Heather Petri

water polo player

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1978

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States

Profession: water polo player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About 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.
  • Her position is attacker. 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.

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