Emily Feher
Encyclopedia
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
goalkeeper from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She was a member of the US Women's Water Polo Team
United States women's national water polo team
The United States women's national water polo team represents the United States in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is one of the leading teams in the world since the late 1990s....
that won the silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
2005 World Aquatics Championships
The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005...
in Montréal, Canada.
Feher went to Foothill High School in Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
and UCLA. At UCLA, she helped the Bruins win three NCAA National Water Polo Championships
NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
The NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship has existed since the 2001 season. Three conferences have teams competing in women's water polo, the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference...
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Playing for head coach Adam Krikorian
Adam Krikorian
Adam Krikorian is the water polo head coach for UCLA. He has won 14 national championships as player, assistant coach and head coach. And on March 27, 2009, he was named the head coach of the USA Women’s National Team...
, she became the only goalkeeper who had won three national titles.
International Competitions
- 2001 – FINA Junior World Championships, Perth, Australia (1st place)
- 2002 – Junior Pan American Games, Boca Raton, USA (1st place)
- 2003 – FINA Junior World Championships, Calgary, Canada (2nd place)
- 2004 – Junior Pan American Championships, San Salvador, El Salvador (1st place)
- 2005 – FINA Junior World Championships, Perth, Australia (1st place)
- 2005 – FINA World League, Kirishi, Russia (5th place)
- 2005 – World ChampionshipsWater Polo at the 2005 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA...
, Montréal, Canada (2nd place) - 2006 – 2006 FINA World Cup2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World CupThe 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fourteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Tianjin, PR China from August 8 to August 13, 2006. Participating teams were the eight best teams...
, Tianjin, China (4th place) - 2010 – 2010 FINA World Cup2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World CupThe 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fifteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from August 17 to August 22, 2010.-Format:8 teams qualified for the 2010...
, Christchurch, New Zealand (1st place)