# 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | L/R | Position |
| 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 |
| 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 | Position |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |