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Debbie Watson (water polo)

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Debbie Watson
Personal information
Born (1965-09-28) 28 September 1965 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Medal record
Women's Water Polo
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Madrid Team Competition
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1984 Irvine Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1995 Sydney Team Competition

Deborah Kathleen Watson (born 28 September 1965 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player who captained the Australian team which won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

She participated at the 1984 FINA World Cup, and 1986 World Aquatics Championships.

Watson competed in the Gladiator Individual Sports Athletes Challenge in 1995.

In 2006, she became the first female waterpolo player to make it into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame.[1] In 2008, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Aussie in swimming Hall of Fame first". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. p. 205. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.
  3. ^ Profile Archived 9 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at International Swimming Hall of Fame


Also known as: Mr Badlan's misso