Maggie Steffens

Maggie Steffens
Personal information
Full name Margaret Ann Steffens
Nationality American
Born (1993-06-04) June 4, 1993
San Ramon, California
Residence Danville, California
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Water polo
College team Stanford University

Margaret Ann Steffens (born June 4, 1993) is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Steffens played on the United States national water polo team which won the 2010 FINA World League Super Final and the 2010 FINA World Cup. She scored the winning goal against Australia in the final match of the FINA World League Super Final.[2]

In 2011, Steffens helped the U.S. win the 2011 FINA World League Super Final again. In the Pan American Games, she scored the winning goal in the shootout of the final match, as the U.S. defeated Canada.[2]

The U.S. won the FINA World League Super Final for the third straight year in 2012, and Steffens led the team with 11 goals.[2] In the first match of the Summer Olympics, Steffens scored seven goals to tie the Olympic single-game record.[3] She scored 21 total goals in the Olympic games to lead all scorers, as the U.S. won the gold medal.[1] She was named the Best Female Water Polo Player of 2012 by FINA and the 2012 female Water Polo Player of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.[4][5]

Steffens played water polo at Monte Vista High School and helped the team win their league championship in 2007, 2008, and 2009.[2][6] She also plays for Diablo Water Polo in Alamo, California.[7]

Biography

Family

Steffens was born in San Ramon, California to Peggy Schnugg and Carlos Steffens. Her father, a native of Puerto Rico, became interested in the sport of water polo after witnessing a water polo match as a child in Puerto Rico. He played for Puerto Rico in three Pan American Games. Her father left the island and joined the water polo team of Berkeley, University of California where he became a three-time All-American, leading the California Golden Bears to the 1977 NCAA championship.[8][9][10] In 1979, he was the PAC-10 player of the year in Water Polo.[11]

Personal

Steffens lives in Danville, California. She became interested and was influenced in the sport of water polo mainly by her father and sister, Jessica Steffens, who is also on the United States national team.[2]

Maggie Steffens has committed to Stanford University. She deferred entrance to the school so she could train with the U.S. national team.[2] One of her hobbies is playing beach volleyball.[7]

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Awards
Preceded by
Greece Alexandra Asimaki
Spain Jennifer Pareja
FINA Water Polo Player of the Year
2012
2014
Succeeded by
Spain Jennifer Pareja
Incumbent
Preceded by
Canada Krystina Alogbo
World Water Polo Player of the Year
2012
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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