Lauren Wenger

Lauren Wenger

Personal information
Full name	Lauren Ashley Wenger
Born	March 11, 1984 (1984-03-11) (age 39) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Medal record Women's water polo Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition World Championships 2007 Melbourne Team competition 2009 Rome Team competition 2005 Montreal Team competition Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team competition

Lauren Ashley Wenger (born March 11, 1984) is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams. Her position is two-meter defender.

Career

High School

Wenger was All-American at Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California, and earned a scholar-athlete award all four years. In 2002, she played on the US National Team that won the Pan-American Championship. From 2003 to 2006 she attended USC, where in her senior year she led her Trojans team in steals and assists, becoming no. 8 all-time scorer with 127 career goals. In 2004, Wengers team won the NCAA championship.^[1]

Wenger is a member of the U.S National Team, helping Team USA win silver at the 2005 Water Polo World Championship. At USC, she majored in policy, planning and development.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

She played her first international season for the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in Greece in 2006–2007.^[2][3]

At the 2008 China Summer Olympic games, she and the American team lost 8-9 in the championship game to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal.^[4]

In June, 2009, Wenger was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.^[1]

In 2011, Wenger placed 6th in the FINA World Championships with Team USA.

In August 2012, she won the gold medal in London 2012 Olympic Games with the US team, defeating Spain in the final match.^[4]

Awards

In 2019, Wenger was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.^[5][6]

See also

• United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
• List of world champions in women's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

Wikinews has related news:

•  Australian women win VISA Water Polo International

External links

• Lauren Wenger at World Aquatics 
• Lauren Wenger at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame 
• Lauren Wenger at Olympics.com 
• Lauren Wenger at Olympedia 
• Lauren Wenger at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived) 
• Lauren Wenger: USC player biography

This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 06:38