HARALABIDIS Stephanie

United States of America
Water Polo
19 May 1995
26
Female
1.80/5'10''
LONG BEACH, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WPO Water Polo Women
USA
United States
 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
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

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World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Women2019Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
1Women2021Athens, GRE
1Women2019Budapest, HUN
1Women2018Kunshan, CHN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
1Women2018Surgut, RUS

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Women2019Lima, PER
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Stef, Steph, Steffi (dailytrojan.com, 08 Feb 2017; usawaterpolo.org, 01 Jan 2020)
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Reading, travelling, cooking, playing video games, watching TV shows. (Twitter profile, 27 Dec 2019; womenfitness.net, 30 May 2020)
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Athlete, Model
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International Relations - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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English, Greek
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Adam Krikorian [national], USA
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Driver (usctrojans.com, 31 Dec 2016)
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Left (latimes.com, 14 Dec 2017)
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Her twin sister Ioanna played water polo at the University of Southern California in the United States of America. (usctrojans.com, 31 Dec 2016)
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Early in the 2016 collegiate season she injured her back and was out of the water for four months. (usawaterpolo.org, 03 Feb 2021)
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She took up water polo at age 12 in Greece. (dailytrojan.com, 07 Apr 2014, 08 Feb 2017)
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She and her twin sister Ioanna started to swim at a very young age but grew tired of the sport. They then decided to try water polo after encouragement from their father, who used to play. "We were always first, second place [in swimming]. We were really, really fast swimmers. We were going to be on the senior national swimming team, but we never really liked swimming. Going to practices we would cry to our mum, 'We don't want to go! We don't want to go! We don't like swimming!' And then one day my older sister was like, 'Mum, I'm done with swimming. I don't like it anymore'. And she was like, 'Okay. Let's try another sport'." (dailytrojan.com, 07 Apr 2014; connormcglynn.com, 31 Dec 2015; usawaterpolo.org, 03 Feb 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2017)
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Winning gold at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (hellenicnews.com, 31 Jul 2020)
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Her mother Janet Scott. (dailytrojan.com, 07 Apr 2014)
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She likes to paint her toenails before a match. (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Jan 2020)
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"There are no guarantees in life, everything comes through hard work and dedication." (usawaterpolo.org, 01 Sep 2019)
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She was named in the All-Star team at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (fina.org, 26 Jul 2019)

While playing for the University of Southern California in the United States of America, she received the 2016 Peter J. Cutino Award as the top collegiate water polo player in the United States of America. That same year, she was named Division I Player of the Year by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches [ACWPC] and named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation [MPSF] Player of the Year. (usawaterpolo.org, 31 Aug 2019)

While playing for Greece, she was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2011 European Junior Championships in Madrid, Spain. (usawaterpolo.org, 31 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
HERITAGE
Her father is from Piraeus, Greece. "My father is fully Greek and he is currently working in Greece [speaking in 2020]. My mum is American and I have such pride of being Greek. It will never go away. Any chance I have, I am back in Greece, and I am playing with [Greek club] NC Vouliagmeni as much as I can. I love being Greek and I love being American. It's incredible. I miss the part of being around Greeks in the United States, talking Greek and having a connection with the Greek-American community. I feel so much pride and it's an incredible accomplishment coming from Greece to the United States and experiencing a new life. I just feel proud to be Greek-American." (hellenicnews.com, 31 Jul 2020; usawaterpolo.org, 03 Feb 2021)

INTERNATIONAL CAREER
She competed for Greece at both junior and senior levels prior to switching to compete for the United States of America in 2017. She had moved to the United States of America at age 17 for her final year of high school. "That system was a lot better [in the United States] because in Greece it's a lot harder to do sports and school." She first tried out for the US team in her first year at the University of Southern California, before trying again in her final year of university. "For the first two years I kind of struggled because this is the best team in the world, and they had been playing with each other for eight to 12 years, and they know each other very well. But I slowly got to a point where I was feeling more confident. I was feeling better and better." (usctrojans.com, 31 Dec 2016; latimes.com, 14 Dec 2017; hellenicnews.com, 31 Jul 2020; usawaterpolo.org, 03 Feb 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2020 she was studying for a master's degree in business intelligence and analytic management. (ravermag.com, 30 Aug 2020; womenfitness.net, 30 May 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has been a camp counsellor for The Painted Turtle, which provides camps for children with serious medical conditions. In 2017 she completed a marketing internship at a real estate firm. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2017)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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