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Kate Gynther

December 12, 2023

Kate Maree Gynther (born 5 July 1982) is an Australian former water polo player. She played for the Brisbane Barracudas in the National Water Polo League. She represented Australia as a member of the women's senior national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 and 2012 Games. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 30 goals.[1] She was the joint top sprinter at the 2012 Olympics with 21 sprints won;[2] and a leading sprinter in Olympic water polo history, with 39 sprints won. She has also won a bronze medal at the 2005 Super League Finals.

Kate Gynther
Personal information
Full nameKate Maree Gynther
Born (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 41)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2012)
Weight73 kg (2012)
Sport
SportWater polo
EventWomen's team
ClubBrisbane Barracudas
Medal record

Personal life edit

Gynther was born in July 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland.[3][4][5] Her step-sisters are Rebecca Rippon and Melissa Rippon, both of whom have played for the Australian women's national water polo team.[6] Her mother married in 2002, which is when the Rippon sisters became her step-sisters.[7] Melissa and Gynther became inseparable and have remained that way since their parents became married.[4]

She is also a serving police officer with the Queensland Police Service.[8]

Water polo edit

Gynther has a water polo scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport.[3]

Club team edit

 
Kate Gynther

Gynther played club water polo for the Brisbane Barracudas who compete in the National Water Polo League.[9] She was with the team in 2008.[10][11] The annual match between Breakers and Barracudas is considered is one the Courier Mail considers a grudge match. She participated in the 2008 edition with her team.[12] She was with the team for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[13][14] She was a member of the team in 2011 when they won the league championship for the third year in a row. She played for the championship match with the score 4–4 at the end of regular time, 1–1 at the end of over time and finally going to a shootout. She was named the "female player of the finals series".[15]

National team edit

She is introduced along with other players on the national team before the first game in the Australia versus Great Britain test.

Gynther competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4] She represented Australia at the 2005 World Championships held in Canada.[16] She scored a goal in Australia's 9-2 semi-final win over the Netherlands.[17] In 2005, she was part of the side that won a bronze medal at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi, Russia.[18] She was part of Australia's Oceania Olympic qualification campaign in 2008. In an 18–1 victory over New Zealand during the qualifiers, she scored a goal.[19] She was named to the team that competed in 2008 at the FINA world league preliminary round in Tianjin, China.[10] In a 2008 Asia-Oceania qualifier against China for the World League Super Finals, she played in the 11–9 win that went to a penalty shoot out. In the match, she scored a pair of goals for Australia.[20] She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1] Her team ended up in the bronze medal match after losing 8–9 to the United States in the semi-finals and playing against Hungary for the bronze. Earlier in the Olympics, her team had tied the Hungarians.[21] In April 2011, she attended a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport where the coach was "selecting a team for the major championships over winter."[22] In 2011, she was one of five Queensland women to compete for the Australian Stingers in the FINA World League competition held in Auckland, New Zealand.[23][24] In July 2011, she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player.[25] In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia.[26] She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers.[6] She scored a goal in a Stingers 8–7 win over the United States.[27] In February 2012, she was named to the final training squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She attended training camp that started on 20 February 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.[4] The team of seventeen players will be cut to thirteen before the team departs for the Olympic games,[4] with the announcement being made on 13 June.[28] She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012. This was the team's first matches against Great Britain's national team in six years.[4]

Prior to Rebecca Rippon being cut from the 2012 Olympic squad,[4][29][30][31] sisters Kate Gynther, Melissa Rippon and Rebecca Rippon had hoped to become the first set of Australian siblings to all compete at three consecutive Olympic Games.[32][33]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. p. 344. (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Australian Institute of Sport. . Canberra. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g . International Business Times. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (December 2011). . Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Water Polo Inc. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b Packwood, David (1 January 2012). "London looms as a splash and grab job - - COUNTRY SPORT". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 073.
  7. ^ Tuxworth, Jon (21 February 2012). "Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics". The Canberra Times. Canberra. p. 19.
  8. ^ Peter Wilson (9 August 2012). "Water polo champ Kate Gynther keen to kiss it goodbye on a high". The Australian. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Four named in national squad". The Courier-Mail. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  10. ^ a b . The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  11. ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2009). . Sydney, Australia. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Mark 'The Ear' Oberhardt's take on sport". The Courier-Mail. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  13. ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2011). "Australian Water Polo Inc.: 2011 Brisbane Barracudas Women". Australia. Retrieved 29 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Brinsden, Colin (8 February 2012). "Four named in national squad". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  15. ^ "Barracudas sink Sharks in shoot-out". City South News. Brisbane, Australia. 19 May 2011. p. 54. CSN_T-20110519-1-054-513810. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Youngsters set to take their first shot at a seniors berth". Westside News. Brisbane, Australia. 4 May 2005. p. 68.
  17. ^ "Breaker finds feet in national team". City North News. Brisbane, Australia. 28 July 2005. p. 50. CNN_T-20050728-1-050-542712. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  18. ^ Forrest, Brad (10 June 2009). "Top trio is in Australian side for Russia". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 953f336cd27823e857ec9b9c5a5d7d74336077. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  19. ^ Forrest, Brad (5 January 2008). "Water polo: McCormack in Aussie victory". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 750456. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  20. ^ . The Canberra Times. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  21. ^ "Knox looks to bronze in Beijing". City North News. Brisbane, Australia. 21 August 2008. p. 1. CNN_T-20080821-1-001-017618. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  22. ^ "Canberra Times: Aussies hoping to bring US down". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 April 2011. WCTS86960225. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  23. ^ "Sports extra with Brent O'Neill". City North News. Brisbane, Australia. 12 May 2011. p. 047.
  24. ^ "Sports extra with Jacob Grams". North West News. Brisbane, Australia. 11 May 2011. p. 071.
  25. ^ "The Canberra Times SCOREBOARD". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 6 July 2011. WCTS88924540.
  26. ^ "AAP News: WPOL:Stingers squad named for worlds". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 5 July 2011. WAAP88910998.
  27. ^ Paxinos, Stathi (12 January 2012). "First blood to Stingers". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 8.
  28. ^ Brinsden, Colin (15 February 2012). "Powerhouse attacking shot recognised internationally". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  29. ^ . Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  30. ^ Herbertson, Lisa (13 February 2012). "Shark circles Australian team berth - Waterpolo - Sport - Canterbury-Bankstown Express". Express.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  31. ^ The two-time Olympian will not feature at the 2012 Games. "Rippon misses out | Water Polo | London 2012 | Sky Sports Olympics". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ Packwood, David (1 January 2012). "London looms as a splash and grab job - - COUNTRY SPORT". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 73.
  33. ^ Tuxworth, Jon (21 February 2012). "Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics". The Canberra Times. Canberra AU. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

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Kate Maree Gynther born 5 July 1982 is an Australian former water polo player She played for the Brisbane Barracudas in the National Water Polo League She represented Australia as a member of the women s senior national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal at the 2008 and 2012 Games She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history with 30 goals 1 She was the joint top sprinter at the 2012 Olympics with 21 sprints won 2 and a leading sprinter in Olympic water polo history with 39 sprints won She has also won a bronze medal at the 2005 Super League Finals Kate GyntherPersonal informationFull nameKate Maree GyntherBorn 1982 07 05 5 July 1982 age 41 Height1 75 m 5 ft 9 in 2012 Weight73 kg 2012 SportSportWater poloEventWomen s teamClubBrisbane BarracudasMedal record Women s water poloRepresenting AustraliaOlympic Games2008 Beijing Team competition2012 London Team competitionFINA World League Super Finals2005 Kirishi Team competition Contents 1 Personal life 2 Water polo 2 1 Club team 2 2 National team 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life editGynther was born in July 1982 in Brisbane Queensland 3 4 5 Her step sisters are Rebecca Rippon and Melissa Rippon both of whom have played for the Australian women s national water polo team 6 Her mother married in 2002 which is when the Rippon sisters became her step sisters 7 Melissa and Gynther became inseparable and have remained that way since their parents became married 4 She is also a serving police officer with the Queensland Police Service 8 Water polo editGynther has a water polo scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport 3 Club team edit nbsp Kate GyntherGynther played club water polo for the Brisbane Barracudas who compete in the National Water Polo League 9 She was with the team in 2008 10 11 The annual match between Breakers and Barracudas is considered is one the Courier Mail considers a grudge match She participated in the 2008 edition with her team 12 She was with the team for the 2011 and 2012 seasons 13 14 She was a member of the team in 2011 when they won the league championship for the third year in a row She played for the championship match with the score 4 4 at the end of regular time 1 1 at the end of over time and finally going to a shootout She was named the female player of the finals series 15 National team edit source source source source source source source She is introduced along with other players on the national team before the first game in the Australia versus Great Britain test Gynther competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics 4 She represented Australia at the 2005 World Championships held in Canada 16 She scored a goal in Australia s 9 2 semi final win over the Netherlands 17 In 2005 she was part of the side that won a bronze medal at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi Russia 18 She was part of Australia s Oceania Olympic qualification campaign in 2008 In an 18 1 victory over New Zealand during the qualifiers she scored a goal 19 She was named to the team that competed in 2008 at the FINA world league preliminary round in Tianjin China 10 In a 2008 Asia Oceania qualifier against China for the World League Super Finals she played in the 11 9 win that went to a penalty shoot out In the match she scored a pair of goals for Australia 20 She was a member of the Australia women s national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics 1 Her team ended up in the bronze medal match after losing 8 9 to the United States in the semi finals and playing against Hungary for the bronze Earlier in the Olympics her team had tied the Hungarians 21 In April 2011 she attended a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport where the coach was selecting a team for the major championships over winter 22 In 2011 she was one of five Queensland women to compete for the Australian Stingers in the FINA World League competition held in Auckland New Zealand 23 24 In July 2011 she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player 25 In preparation for this tournament she attended a team training camp in Perth Western Australia 26 She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers 6 She scored a goal in a Stingers 8 7 win over the United States 27 In February 2012 she was named to the final training squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics She attended training camp that started on 20 February 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport 4 The team of seventeen players will be cut to thirteen before the team departs for the Olympic games 4 with the announcement being made on 13 June 28 She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012 This was the team s first matches against Great Britain s national team in six years 4 Prior to Rebecca Rippon being cut from the 2012 Olympic squad 4 29 30 31 sisters Kate Gynther Melissa Rippon and Rebecca Rippon had hoped to become the first set of Australian siblings to all compete at three consecutive Olympic Games 32 33 See also editAustralia women s Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of Olympic medalists in water polo women List of players who have appeared in multiple women s Olympic water polo tournaments List of women s Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water poloReferences edit a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Kate Gynther Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 17 February 2012 Official Results Book 2012 Olympic Games Diving Swimming Synchronised Swimming Water Polo PDF fina org FINA p 344 Archived PDF from the original on 14 December 2018 Retrieved 20 June 2020 a b Australian 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