Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.
There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa of the United States are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.
As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 35 female athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Sources:
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 10 August 2021.
Three female athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.
Source:
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Thirty female athletes won two Olympic medals in water polo.
Source:
The following tables are pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
<section begin=Australia />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section end=Australia />
<section begin=Greece />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section begin=Hungary />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section begin=Italy />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section end=Italy />
<section begin=Netherlands />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section begin=Russia />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section begin=Spain />* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
<section end=Spain />
<section begin=UnitedStates />* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 2
<section end=UnitedStates />