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.
heather, petri, heather, danielle, petri, born, june, 1978, american, water, polo, player, silver, medal, with, women, national, team, 2000, summer, olympics, bronze, medal, 2004, summer, olympics, silver, medal, beijing, 2008, gold, medal, london, 2012, four,. 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 PetriPetri in 2013Personal informationFull nameHeather Danielle PetriBornJune 13 1978 1978 06 13 age 45 Oakland California U S Medal record Women s water poloRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games2012 London Team competition2000 Sydney Team competition2008 Beijing Team competition2004 Athens Team competitionWorld Championships2003 Barcelona Team competition2007 Melbourne Team competition2009 Rome Team competition2005 Montreal Team competitionPan American Games2011 Guadalajara Team competitionPetri 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 Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCareer editIn 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 editIn 2018 she was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame 3 4 See also editUnited States women s Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event List of Olympic champions in women s water polo List of Olympic medalists in water polo women List of players who have appeared in multiple women s Olympic water polo tournaments List of world champions in women s water polo List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water poloReferences edit Heather Petri sports reference com Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Country Medal Leaders amp Athlete Medal Leaders sports reference com Sports Reference Archived from the original on 28 April 2020 Heather Petri 2018 usawaterpolo org USA Water Polo Retrieved 18 September 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees usawaterpolo org USA Water Polo Retrieved 18 September 2020 External links editHeather Petri at World Aquatics nbsp Heather Petri at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame nbsp Heather Petri at Olympics com nbsp Heather Petri at Olympedia nbsp Heather Petri at the U S Olympic amp Paralympic Committee archived nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heather Petri amp oldid 1194311506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
