Gemma Beadsworth participant in 2008 Summer Olympics
Gemma Jane Beadsworth (born 17 July 1987) is an Australian water polo centre forward. She has had scholarships for water polo from the Australian Institute of Sport and the Western Australian Institute of Sport. She plays for the Fremantle Marlins in the National Water Polo League.  She has represented Australia on a junior and national level. She won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, and was chosen as a member of the 2012 Summer Olympics Australia women's national water polo training team.  She has also won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, a gold medal at the 2006 World Cup and a silver medal at the 2010 World Cup.Personal life
Gemma Beadsworth was born on 17 July 1987 in Perth, Western Australia. She attended St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, and helped officially open an Olympic size pool at the school in August 2011. She has a brother, Jamie Beadsworth, who also represented Australia in water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics as centre forward.Olympics
As a 20-year-old, Beadsworth was one of four women from Western Australia who were members of the 2008 Summer Olympics squad. In the opening game of pool play, in which Australia beat Greece 8–6, she scored four goals. Her team ended up in the bronze medal match after losing 8–9 to the United States in the semi-finals and playing against Hungary for the bronze.  Earlier in the Olympics, her team had tied the Hungarians. In February 2012, she was named to the final training squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and attended training camp that started on 20 February 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport. The team of seventeen players will be cut to thirteen before the team departs for the Olympic games, with the announcement being made on 13 June.
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