ARANCINI Zoe

Date of Birth: 14 Jul 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: PERTH, WA

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : PERTH, WA

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #01 CAN Canada 5 AUS Australia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #08 AUS Australia 15 NED Netherlands 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #14 ESP Spain 15 AUS Australia 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #20 AUS Australia 14 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #22 AUS Australia 8 ROC ROC 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-8th #26 AUS Australia 14 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-6th #30 NED Netherlands 7 AUS Australia 14	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2013	Barcelona, ESP
3	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
4	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS
8	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN
7	Women	2018	Kunshan, CHN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	Surgut, RUS

Zo, Cini. (melvillewaterpolo.com.au, 12 Feb 2017; rio2016.olympics.com.au, 19 Aug 2016)

Occupation:

Agricultural Studies, Health Science - Curtin University, Perth, WA, AUS

Languages spoken:

Fremantle Marlins [Perth, WA, AUS]

Peter Arancini [club, father], AUS; Predrag Mihailovic [national], SRB

Position style:

Driver (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 06 Sep 2018)

Right (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 06 Sep 2018)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother, father and aunt have all represented Australia in water polo. Her mother Wendy Meloncelli and aunt Megan Meloncelli both won gold at the 1986 World Championships in Madrid, Spain. Her mother was also inducted into the Australian Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2009. Her father Peter Arancini played for Australia at the 1981 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, and was a regular state and national league player. (fina.org, 11 May 2012; waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 07 Jan 2010; au.news.yahoo.com, 27 Dec 2010)

2009 for Australia Against China, in Auckland, New Zealand (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 20 Dec 2011)

National league:

Australian Water Polo League (waterpolowa.asn.au, 23 Oct 2020)

She began playing Flippa Ball at age eight and then, at age 12, she progressed to water polo at the Melville Water Polo Club in Perth, WA, Australia. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 20 Dec 2011; ayof09.olympics.com.au, 12 Jun 2009)

She followed her parents into the sport. "It was much more enjoyable than swimming." (amazonaws.com, 28 Jul 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Instagram profile, 14 Aug 2018)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (thewest.com.au, 08 May 2019)

Swiss tennis player Rodger Federer. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 01 Jul 2013)

Her parents. (amazonaws.com, 28 Jul 2016)

Philosophy:

"Never give up." (amazonaws.com, 28 Jul 2016)

She was named 2019 Sportswoman of the Year at Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia. (curtin.edu.au, 07 Nov 2019)

She received the Debbie Watson Medal for the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 Australian Water Polo League season. (wais.org.au, 06 May 2019)

In 2015 she was nominated for Sports Star of the Year by The West Australian newspaper. (thewest.com.au, 07 Dec 2015)

She was named in the All-Star team at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russian Federation. (au.news.yahoo.com, 07 Dec 2015)

She was selected for the 2015 National League All-Star match in Australia. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 25 Mar 2015)

She was named 2009 Australian Junior Women's Player of the Year. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 20 Dec 2011)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC GAMES EXPERIENCE
She says attempting to compete at the Olympic Games in water polo requires more than physical toughness. "[The Olympic Games] is four years and if you don't get it done, you have to wait another four years. It's a very hard thing to explain. You're going to and from 5am starts and because we're only an amateur sport, we also have to still get jobs or go to university outside of the pool. So it is a gruelling four years, but it's also so worth it when you make it. This [2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo] is my third cycle. I missed out on London [in 2012], then went to Rio [in 2016] and people are already asking me about Paris [in 2024]. I'm like, 'Whoa, that's years away. Let's just make this one'." (thewest.com.au, 08 May 2019)

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Legend

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

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