Alys Williams (water polo)
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Full name | Alys Nicole Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 May 1994 Fountain Valley, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Psychology (UCLA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Huntington Beach WPF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alys Nicole Williams (born 28 May 1994) is an American water polo player. She is a member of the United States women's national water polo team,[1][2] and participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal.[3]
Career highlights
- 2015 World Championship (gold)
- 2017 World Championship (gold)
- 2019 World Championship (gold)
- 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (gold)
Personal life
Williams was born in Fountain Valley, California to Robert and Constance Williams. She grew up in Huntington Beach and attended Edison High School. She has two sisters. Williams attended UCLA,[4] majoring in psychology.[5]
References
- ^ "Alys Williams". Team USA. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20.
- ^ "Alys Williams - Women's Senior National Team". USA Water Polo. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Alys WILLIAMS". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "6 local alumni make United States women's water polo Olympic team". Daily Pilot. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Alys Williams - Women's Water Polo". UCLA. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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- American female water polo players
- 1994 births
- Living people
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California) alumni
- Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
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