Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's team rosters

These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships held between July 19–31 in Rome, Italy.

United States

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Elizabeth Armstrong	31 January 1983	R	GK
2	Heather Petri	13 June 1978	R	FP
3	Brittany Hayes	7 February 1985	L	FP
4	Brenda Villa	18 April 1980	R	FP
5	Lauren Wenger	11 March 1984	R	FP
6	Tanya Gandy	20 August 1987	R	FP
7	Kelly Rulon	16 August 1984	R	FP
8	Jessica Steffens	7 April 1987	R	FP
9	Elsie Windes	17 June 1985	R	FP
10	Alison Gregorka	29 June 1985	R	FP
11	Moriah Van Norman	30 May 1984	R	FP
12	Kameryn Craig	21 July 1987	R	FP
13	Jaime Komer	1 September 1981	R	GK

Spain

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Patricia del Soto	16 December 1980	R	GK
2	Blanca Gil Sorli	19 September 1983	R	CF
3	Olga Domenech	1 January 1988		FP
4	Irene Hagen	8 January 1981	R	CB
5	Miriam Lopez-Escribano	14 March 1985	R	D
6	Jennifer Pareja	8 May 1984	R	D
7	Cristina Lopez	20 October 1982	R	D
8	Pilar Pena	4 April 1986	L	D
9	Clara Aller	11 April 1987	R	CF
10	Ona Meseguer	20 February 1988	L	D
11	Maica Garcia	17 October 1990	R	CF
12	Laura Lopez	13 January 1988	R	CB
13	Laura Esther	22 January 1990	R	GK

South Africa

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Hayley Duncan	20 May 1981	L	GK	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
2	Delaine Christian	26 May 1993		FP	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
3	Megan Schooling	1 May 1989	R	CB	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
4	Laura Barrett	19 June 1986	R	FP	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
5	Tammy Heydenrych	29 October 1980	L	CF	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
6	Sarah Harris	11 November 1987	R	FP	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
7	Christine Barretto	23 August 1980	R	FP	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
8	Lee-Anne Keet	12 October 1982	R	FP	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
9	Samantha Keet	15 July 1988	R	CB	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
10	Marcelle Keet	25 October 1984	R	FP	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
11	Nicolette Poulos	4 January 1977	R	FP	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Naydene Smith	27 August 1987	R	FP	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
13	Mbali Mpofu	23 May 1990	R	FP	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Russia

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Evgeniya Protsenko	25 November 1983	R	GK
2	Nadezda Glyzina	20 May 1988	R	D	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	13 March 1991	R	D
4	Sofya Konukh	9 March 1980	R	CB
5	Alena Vylegzhanina	14 August 1987		FP
6	Natalia Ryzhova-Alenicheva	3 August 1987	R
7	Ekaterina Pantyulina	6 October 1989	R	D
8	Evgenia Soboleva	26 August 1988	R	CB
9	Anna Timofeeva	18 July 1987	R	CF
10	Olga Belyaeva	18 March 1985	R	CF
11	Evgenia Ivanova	26 July 1987	R	D
12	Yulia Gaufler	18 August 1986	R	CB
13	Maria Kovtunovskaya	19 December 1988	R	GK

New Zealand

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Carina Harache		R	GK
2	Emily Cox		R	CF
3	Kelly Mason		R	D
4	Rebecca Mc Guinness		R	D
5	Amy Logan		R	CB
6	Lynlee Smith		L	D
7	Ashley Smallfield		R	CB
8	Lauren Sieprath		R	D
9	Anna Sieprath		L	D
10	Casie Bowry		R	CF
11	Kristen Hudson		L	D
12	Alexandra Myles		R	D
13	Dana Harvey		R	GK

Netherlands

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Ilse Van Der Meijden	22 October 1988	R	GK
2	Miloushka Smit	21 November 1984	R	FP
3	Mieke Cabout			FP
4	Biurakn Hakhverdian	4 October 1985	R	FP
5	Sabrina Van Der Sloot			FP
6	Nomi Stomphorst			FP
7	Iefke Van Belkum	22 July 1986	R	FP
8	Noeki Klein	28 April 1983	R	FP
9	Jantien Cabout	10 January 1988	L	FP
10	Nienke Vermeer	18 July 1989	R	FP
11	Rianne Guichelaar	16 August 1983	L	FP
12	Mieke Van Der Sloot	23 April 1981	R	FP
13	Anne Heinis	20 May 1987	R	GK

Kazakhstan

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Galina Rytova	10 September 1975		GK
2	Natalya Kutuzova	18 March 1975		FP
3	Aizhan Akilbayeva	13 September 1991		FP
4	Anna Turova	31 July 1990		FP
5	Natalya Rybachek	13 May 1988		FP
6	Anna Zubkova	3 February 1980		FP
7	Zamira Myrzabekova	12 June 1991		FP
8	Yekatarina Gariyeva	11 June 1981		FP
9	Agata Tnasheva	6 February 1989		FP
10	Marina Gritsenko	17 August 1980		FP
11	Alexandra Rozhentseva	8 January 1985		FP
12	Assem Mussarova	13 August 1990		FP
13	Alexandra Turova	31 July 1990		GK

Italy

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Elena Gigli	9 July 1985	R	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
2	Simona Abbate	22 August 1983	R	FP
3	Elisa Casanova	26 November 1973	L	CF
4	Silvia Bosurgi	17 April 1979	R	FP	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
5	Daniela Lavorini	15 August 1976	R	D	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
6	Arianna Garibotti	9 December 1989	R	FP
7	Tania Di Mario	4 May 1979	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
8	Roberta Bianconi	8 July 1989	R	FP
9	Giulia Emmolo	16 October 1991	L	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
10	Federica Rocco	25 November 1984	R	CB	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
11	Annalisa Bosello	19 March 1988	R	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
12	Teresa Frassinetti	24 December 1985	R	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
13	Eleonora Gay	16 June 1979	R	GK	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Hungary

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Patricia Horvath	7 December 1977	R	GK
2	Eszter Tomaskovics	23 August 1987	R	FP
3	Ildiko Toth	23 April 1987	R	FP
4	Dora Kisteleki	11 May 1983	R	FP
5	Gabriella Szucs	7 March 1988	R	FP
6	Orsolya Takacs	20 May 1985	R	FP
7	Rita Dravucz	14 April 1980	R	FP
8	Rita Keszthelyi	10 December 1991	R	FP
9	Fruzsina Bravik	6 October 1986	R	FP
10	Aniko Pelle	28 September 1978	R	FP
11	Agnes Valkai	27 February 1981	R	FP
12	Rita Poszkoli	20 July 1987	R	FP
13	Aniko Gyongyossy	21 May 1990	R	GK

Greece

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Maria Tsouri	25 May 1986	R	GK	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
2	Christina Tsoukala	8 July 1991	R	CB	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
3	Konstantina Kouteli	10 April 1981	R	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
4	Ilektra Psouni	12 September 1985	R	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
5	Kyriaki Liosi	30 October 1979	R	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
6	Alkisti Avramidou	26 February 1988	R	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
7	Alexandra Asimaki	28 June 1988	R	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
8	Antigoni Roumpesi	19 July 1983	R	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
9	Angeliki Gerolimou	22 June 1982	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
10	Triantafyllia Manolioudaki	19 March 1986	R	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
11	Stavroula Antonakou	2 May 1982	R	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Georgia Lara	31 May 1980	R	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
13	Eleni Kouvdou	9 August 1989	R	GK	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Germany

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Simone Budde	2 January 1979	R	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
2	Sandra Schilling	26 June 1989	R	D	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
3	Linda Gerritsen	12 March 1983	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
4	Claudia Kern	28 January 1990	R	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Katrin Dierolf	6 February 1979	R	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
6	Claudia Blomenkamp	30 December 1986	R	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
7	Alexandra Schilling	9 November 1981	R	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
8	Mariam Salloum	23 August 1989	R	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
9	Theresa Klein	10 August 1984	R	D	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
10	Nina Wengst	20 March 1979	R	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
11	Carmen Gelse	22 September 1987	R	CB	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
12	Mandy Zollner	17 April 1985	R	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
13	Hanna Hanholz	17 January 1987	R	GK	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

China

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Yang Jun	28 April 1988	R	GK
2	Teng Fei	23 January 1988	R	D
3	Liu Ping	1 May 1987	R	CB
4	Sun Yu Jun	30 January 1987	R	D
5	He Jin	3 May 1987	R	CF
6	Sun Yating	24 February 1988	R	CF
7	Zhang Lei	9 May 1982	R	D
8	Gao Ao	26 July 1990	R	D
9	Wang Yi	29 July 1987	R	D
10	Ma Huanhuan	13 January 1990	R	D
11	Sun Hui Zi	11 June 1990	R	CB
12	Qiao Lei Ying	24 August 1989	L	D
13	Wang Ying	7 August 1988	R	GK

Canada

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Rachel Riddell	5 September 1984	R	GK
2	Krystina Alogbo	20 January 1986	R	CF
3	Katrina Monton	23 September 1987	R	CF
4	Emily Csikos	29 July 1988	R	D
5	Joelle Bekhazi	27 April 1987	R	D
6	Whitney Genoway	13 March 1986	R	D
7	Rosanna Tomiuk	1 October 1984	R	D
8	Dominique Perreault	26 October 1984	L	D
9	Carmen Eggens	13 February 1988	R	CB
10	Christine Robinson	17 May 1984	R	CF
11	Tara Campbell	21 January 1983	R	CB
12	Marina Radu	5 September 1984	R	CB
13	Marissa Janssens	9 September 1988	R	GK

Brazil

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Tess Oliveira	6 January 1987	R	GK	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
2	Cecilia Canetti	16 January 1987	R	CB	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Flavia Fernandes	13 February 1981	R	D	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
4	Marina Canetti	24 January 1983	R	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
5	Marina Zablith	4 March 1987	R	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
6	Gabriela Mantellati	28 October 1991	R	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
7	Cristina Beer	22 November 1980	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
8	Luisa Carvalho	2 June 1983	R	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
9	Fernanda Lissoni	31 August 1980	R	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
10	Camila Pedrosa	12 March 1975	R	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
11	Flavia Vigna	7 December 1990	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Melina Teno	19 August 1984	R	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
13	Manuela Canetti	26 December 1988	R	GK	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Australia

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Alicia Mc Cormack	7 June 1983	R	GK	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
2	Holly Lincoln-Smith	1 January 1989	R	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Sophie Smith	26 February 1986	R	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
4	Rebecca Rippon	26 December 1978	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
5	Jane Moran	6 June 1985	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
6	Bronwen Knox	16 April 1986	R	CB	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
7	Rowena Webster	27 December 1987	R	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
8	Kate Gynther	5 July 1982	R	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
9	Glencora Ralph	8 August 1988	R	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
10	Jemma Dessauvagie	20 August 1986	R	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
11	Melissa Rippon	20 January 1981	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Nicola Zagame	11 August 1990	R	CB	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
13	Victoria Brown	27 July 1985	R	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Uzbekistan

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height	Weight
1	Natalya Murashkina	6 March 1988	R	GK	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
2	Diana Dadabaeva	29 July 1991	R	FP	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
3	Anna Plyusova	10 October 1992	R	CB	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
4	Viktoriya Gorodchanina	9 November 1987	R	FP	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
5	Evgeniya Ivanova	13 June 1991	R	FP	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
6	Eseniya Piftor	31 January 1995	R	FP	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
7	Natalya Plyusova	22 August 1988	R	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
8	Anna Sheglova	1 December 1987	R	CF	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
9	Ramilyn Halikova	26 August 1986	R	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
10	Viktoriya Salikhova	6 March 1988	R	FP	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
11	Olga Mayorova	4 August 1980	R	CB	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
12	Lyutsia Gibazova	10 June 1985	R	FP	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13	Elena Dukhanova	10 September 1994	R	GK	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

See also

• Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's team rosters

External links

• Official website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Archived 2020-07-16 at the Wayback Machine