Heather Petri
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Heather Petri |
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| Medal record | |||
| Women's water polo | |||
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| Silver | 2000 Sydney | Team | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Team | |
Heather Petri (born June 13, 1978 in Oakland, California) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her position is attacker.
Petri began playing water polo on the boys' team in high school, but helped begin a girls' water polo program at Miramonte High School and was team captain for two years. In 1997 she was recruited by UC Berkeley coach Maureen O’Toole, and played collegiate water polo from 1997-1999. Petri earned All-America and All-MPSF honors at Cal in 1998 and 1999 and finished her college career with 96 goals. She sat out her senior season as a member of the US National Women's Water Polo Team, and graduated from Berkeley in 2001 with a degree in integrative biology. She played for Rari-Nantes, a professional water polo team in Florence, Italy for 2005-2006 season, and is a member of the US Senior Women's Team for 2006.
