Debbie Watson (water polo)
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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]
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]
References
- ^ a b Aussie in swimming Hall of Fame first
- ^ The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. p. 205. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.
- ^ Profile Archived 9 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Australian female water polo players
- Olympic water polo players of Australia
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Sydney
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
- Australian water polo biography stubs