Elizabeth Armstrong
Elizabeth Armstrong medal table |
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United States | ||
Olympic Summer Games | ||
silver | 2008 in Beijing | Water polo |
gold | 2012 in London | Water polo |
Swimming world championships | ||
gold | 2007 in Melbourne | Water polo |
gold | 2009 in Rome | Water polo |
Water polo world league | ||
gold | 2006 Consenza | Water polo |
gold | 2007 Montreal | Water polo |
Pan American Games | ||
gold | 2007 in Rio de Janeiro | Water polo |
gold | 2011 in Guadalajara | Water polo |
Elizabeth "Betsey" Armstrong (born January 31, 1983 in Ann Arbor ) is an American water polo player . She plays for the New York Athletic Club and holds the position of goalkeeper .
Athletic career
Armstrong made her debut for the United States water polo team in 2006 . With the national team she won various awards, in particular the gold medal of the World Water Polo League in 2006 and 2007, the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 2007 and 2011, also gold medals at the Swimming World Championships in 2007 in Melbourne and 2009 in Rome as well as at the Summer Olympics in 2012 in London . In addition, she won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after the US lost 8: 9 to the Dutch national team in the final.
In 2011 she took part with the national team in the water polo world championships and finished 6th.
Private life
Armstrong first attended Huron High School in Ann Arbor, where she graduated in 2001, and then attended the University of Michigan , where she studied and graduated English . She got into water polo through her older sister and was a member of the water polo teams of her high school and later university. Today she lives in Long Beach .
Web links
- Elizabeth Armstrong in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Armstrong's profile on the US National Water Polo Team website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 11, 2012 ; Retrieved August 12, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Armstrong, Elizabeth |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Armstrong, Betsey |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American water polo player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ann Arbor |