Tumua Anae
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Birth name | Tumuaialli Anae | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | October 16, 1988|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 150 lb (70 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Water Polo | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Adam Krikorian | |||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on August 12, 2012. |
Tumuaialii "Tumua" Anae (born October 16, 1988) is an American water polo goalkeeper. She was an NCAA champion and All-American while playing for the University of Southern California. She also won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with the United States national team.
Career[]
High school[]
Anae played on the water polo team at Corona del Mar High School. She was named the CIF Division II Co-Player of the Year in her senior year.[3]
College[]
Anae started her college career at the University of Southern California in 2007. That season, she had 89 saves and allowed 67 goals.[3]
The following year, Anae had 232 saves and allowed 120 goals. Her 4.6 goals against per game was the best in the MPSF. She was named to the All-American first team, the All-MPSF first team, and the NCAA All-Tournament team.[3]
Anae was injured early in the 2009 season. She returned to make 123 saves in 12 appearances. In a match against Arizona State, she set the USC single-game saves record with 20. She was again named to the All-American first team, the All-MPSF first team, and the NCAA All-Tournament team.[3]
In 2010, Anae was a first team All-American for the third straight year. She had 270 saves to set the single-season record at USC, and she helped the team win the NCAA championship.[3] She was also named the MPSF Player of the Year. Anae ended her career at USC with 714 saves, the most in school history.[3]
International[]
Anae joined the U.S. national water polo team in 2010. She was a backup goalie during the Americans' gold medal runs in the 2011 FINA World League Super Final and 2011 Pan American Games.[4] She won the gold medal with the U.S. at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
Personal[]
Anae was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 16, 1988, and resides in Newport Beach, California. Her sister, Jordan, also played for the USC water polo team.[4]
See also[]
- United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
References[]
- ^ "Tumua Anae". teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Tumua Anae". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tumua Anae" Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. usctrojans.com. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ^ a b "Tumua Anae" Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. usawaterpolo.org. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ^ "Women of Troy Win Water Polo Gold And Silver". usctrojans.com. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
External links[]
- Tumua Anae at FINA
- Tumua Anae at Olympics.com
- Tumua Anae at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Tumua Anae at Olympedia
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- American female water polo players
- Water polo goalkeepers
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo
- Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in water polo
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- USC Trojans women's water polo players
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games