page_title: List of Olympic medalists in water polo
section_title: Multiple medalists
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic medalists in water polo / Women / Multiple medalists
caption_attribution_description: Four of the 2012 Olympic medalists at the ALMA Awards. From left: Jessica Steffens, Brenda Villa, Marlen Esparza and Leonel Manzano
context_page_description: Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won fifteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won five consecutive medals.
  There are eight male and two female athletes who have won four or more Olympic medals in water polo. Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary is the only athlete of either gender to win five Olympic medals in water polo.
context_section_description: The following table is 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), date of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
  Three female athletes won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa, both representing the United States, are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.
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  Source: "Athlete Medal Leaders" on Sports Reference website.
caption: Brenda Villa of the United States won four Olympic medals in water polo between 2000 and 2012.
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