STEFFENS Margaret

United States of America

Date of Birth: 4 Jun 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: SAN RAMON, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : DANVILLE, CA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women USA United States	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #04 JPN Japan 4 USA United States 25	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #06 USA United States 12 CHN China 7	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #11 HUN Hungary 10 USA United States 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #16 USA United States 18 ROC ROC 5	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #24 CAN Canada 5 USA United States 16	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Semifinal #28 ROC ROC 11 USA United States 15	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Gold Medal Match #32 ESP Spain 5 USA United States 14	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1	Women	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
1	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN
1	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS
5	Women	2013	Barcelona, ESP
6	Women	2011	Shanghai, CHN

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2021	Athens, GRE
1	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN
1	Women	2018	Kunshan, CHN
1	Women	2017	Shanghai, CHN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Surgut, RUS

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Marge (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Jan 2020)

Hiking, kayaking and canoeing, writing, singing, dancing, reading. (teamusa.org, 01 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner

Stanford University, United States of America

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Adam Krikorian [national], USA

Position style:

Driver (gostanford.com, 2015)

Right (teamusa.org, 2014)

Sporting relatives:

Her older sister Jessica won medals in water polo at the Olympic Games in 2008 [silver] and 2012 [gold]. Her uncle Peter Schnugg was selected in the US water polo squad for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow but did not compete as the United States of America boycotted the event. Her father Carlos competed in water polo for Puerto Rico at the Pan American Games. (gostanford.com, 2014; 3wiresports.com, 28 Feb 2012; sports-reference.com, 2012)

She began playing water polo at an early age and was competing in U18 matches at age eight. (espn.go.com, 15 Jul 2011; total-waterpolo.com, 25 Jan 2021)

She comes from a family of water polo players. (usawaterpolo.org, 2014)

To win her third Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 23 May 2020)

Winning the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with her sister Jessica. (olympicchannel.com, 23 May 2020)

Serbian water polo player Filip Filipovic, her siblings Teresa, Charlie and Jessica, US football player Mia Hamm. (swimswam.com, 02 Dec 2014; usawaterpolo.org, 01 Aug 2018; waterpolista.com, 01 Jan 2020)

She likes to dance before a match. (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"If you stumble, make it part of the dance." (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Aug 2018)

She was named 2020 Women's Total Player of the Year by the Total Waterpolo website. (total-waterpolo.com, 26 Dec 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2018 World Cup in Surgut, Russian Federation. (fina.org, 09 Sep 2018)

She was named National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Tournament MVP in 2017. (usawaterpolo.org, 2017)

She was named MVP at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (usawaterpolo.org, 2017; rio2016.com, 19 Aug 2016)

In 2012 and 2014 she was named Female Water Polo Athlete of the Year by the International Swimming Federation [FINA]. (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Dec 2014)

She was named MVP of the 2014 World League Super Final in Kunshan, People's Republic of China. (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Dec 2014)

General Interest

General
PLAYING IN EUROPE
In the 2018/19 season she played in Spain for CN Sabadell, winning European and Spanish national league titles. During the 2017/18 season she played in Hungary and helped UVSE win the OB 1 title. (usawaterpolo.org, 31 Aug 2019)

OCCUPATION
Alongside US water polo player Tony Azevedo she is the co-founder of 6-8 Sports, a water polo app that supports water polo players and their training programmes. In June 2020 she began a corporate strategy internship at a technology company based in San Jose, CA, United States of America. (Instagram profile, 19 Jan 2020; 6-8Sports Instagram profile, 17 Jan 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Feb 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a bachelor's degree in science, technology and society in 2016, she began studying for a master's degree in management, science and engineering at Stanford University in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jun 2020; polybio.org, 01 Jun 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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