List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)

Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.

There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa of the United States are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.

Overall multiple medalists
As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 35 female athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.

By tournament
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 10 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * Team* – Host team

Sources:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).

By confederation
Last updated: 11 August 2021.

By team
Last updated: 11 August 2021.

By position
Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Three Olympic medals
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 10 August 2021.

Three female athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).

Two Olympic medals
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Thirty female athletes won two Olympic medals in water polo.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Source:
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).

Multiple medalists by team
The following tables are 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), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.


 * Legend
 * Year* – As host team

Australia
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 6 (2000*–2020)
 * As host team: 2000*
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 5
 * Last updated: 11 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Greece
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 2 (2004*–2008)
 * As host team: 2004*
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Hungary
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 5 (2004–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Italy
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 4 (2004–2016)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 1
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Netherlands
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 3 (2000, 2008, 2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Russia
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Spain
* Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 3 (2012–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 6
 * Last updated: 10 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

United States
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 2
 * Women's national team:
 * Team appearances: 6 (2000–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 3
 * Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 18
 * Last updated: 10 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts