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Heather Petri

1978 - Today

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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 a gold medal in London 2012. 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. Her position is attacker. Petri began playing water polo on the boys' team in high school, but helped start a girls' water polo program at Miramonte High School and was team captain for two years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heather Petri is the 7,943rd most popular athlete (down from 6,372nd in 2024), the 21,276th most popular biography from United States (down from 19,631st in 2019) and the 866th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heather Petri ranks 7,943 out of 6,025. Before her are Mario Deslauriers, Luis Mendoza, Gil Roberts, Adrián Gavira, Kelsey Mitchell, and Marta Pérez. After her are Lauren Schmetterling, Brooke Andersen, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Pan Feihong, Shalane Flanagan, and Ana Paula Vázquez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Heather Petri ranks 1,481. Before her are Andy Dawson, David Murdoch, Natalia Cigliuti, Péter Sidi, Joy Giovanni, and Chris Phillips. After her are Ashmit Patel, Gary Naysmith, Jennie Reed, Myleene Klass, Jason Bay, and Barry Robson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heather Petri ranks 21,284 out of 20,380. Before her are Blake Foster (1985), Derian Hatcher (1972), Liliana Mumy (1994), Gil Roberts (1989), Dominique Dawes (1976), and Brad Maddox (1984). After her are Taylor Twellman (1980), Lauren Schmetterling (1988), Gani Lawal (1988), Brooke Andersen (1995), Noelle Pikus-Pace (1982), and Larry Fitzgerald (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Heather Petri ranks 866. Before her are Doug Burden (1965), David Boudia (1989), Twanisha Terry (1999), Amanda Polk (1986), Janine Hanson (1982), and Gil Roberts (1989). After her are Lauren Schmetterling (1988), Brooke Andersen (1995), Noelle Pikus-Pace (1982), Shalane Flanagan (1981), Jillian Camarena-Williams (1982), and Brittany Brown (1995).

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