Bridgette Marie Gusterson (born in
Perth, Western Australia
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), also known as Bridgette Ireland, is an Australian
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
player, at the
1995 FINA World Cup, and from the gold medal team of the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
. She was a captain of the team from 1997 to 2000.
She is the sister of fellow Australian water polo player and Olympic teammate
Danielle Woodhouse.
Recognition
*2002 - Inducted into
Australian Institute of Sport's "Best of the Best"
*2010 - Inducted into the
Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame
*2020 - Inducted into
Sport Australia Hall of Fame
See also
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List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
Sportswomen from Western Australia
Australian female water polo players
Olympic gold medalists for Australia in water polo
Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Australian water polo coaches
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
21st-century Australian women
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