Maddie Musselman

Madeline Musselman (born June 16, 1998) is an American water polo player.[1] Maddie was named MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020ne Summer Olympics. She was the second highest leading scorer with 18 goals. Maddie was also part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] She was the second-leading goal scorer of the US team in the event with 12 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.[3]

Maddie Musselman
Personal information
Full name Madeline Musselman
Born (1998-06-16) June 16, 1998
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg)
Position Attacker
College(s) UCLA Bruins
National team
Years Team
  United States
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
2015 KazanTeam
2017 BudapestTeam
2019 GwangjuTeam
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam
2019 LimaTeam
FINA World League
2017 Shanghai
2019 Budapest
2021 Athens

Musselman won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia,[4] and at the Pan American Games in Toronto.[5]

She was named 2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Year after she won a conference-record seven Newcomer of the Week awards.[3]

Earned tournament MVP[6] at 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where Team USA won gold; scored 16 goals in six games, including hat trick in 13-6 final-round win over Spain.[7]

Personal life

Musselman is the daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Jeff Musselman.[8]

See also

References
  1. "U.S. women's water polo attacker Maddie Musselman is just doing what runs in the family". ESPN.com. August 15, 2016.
  2. "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". FINA.org. August 19, 2016.
  3. "Musselman - Dream Big". DailyBruin.com. Michael Hull.
  4. "Water Polo Reports - Women, FINALS". FINA.org. August 7, 2015.
  5. "Team USA Wins Women's Water Polo Gold In Storied USA-Canada Border Battle". teamUSA.org. July 15, 2015.
  6. "USA Defends FINA Gold, Musselman Earns MVP". UCLAbruins.com. July 28, 2017.
  7. "U.S. women's water polo team wins fifth world title". NBCsports.com. July 28, 2017.
  8. Cohen, Jay (August 8, 2016). "Mature Musselman fits right in with US women's water polo". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
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