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Krystina Alogbo
Personal information
Born (1986-01-20) January 20, 1986 (age 38)
Montreal, Quebec
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
SportWater polo
ClubCAMO[1]
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Montreal Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team

Krystina Alogbo (born January 20, 1986) is a Canadian water polo player. She was a member of the Women's Nation Team, which claimed the bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Quebec.

Career

Alogbo made her debut with the Senior Women's National team in 2005. As one of the longest serving and former captains of the national team, she is a former MVP of the FINA World Junior Championships in 2003, where Canada won gold. In 2005, she was promoted to the senior squad and helped Canada win bronze at the 2005 FINA World Championships. She was a part of two notable silver medal performances at the FINA Water Polo World League Super Final and at the FINA World Championships, winning the MVP award for the latter. By 2011, Swimming World magazine named her the women's water polo player of the year. She won four consecutive silver medals at the Pan American Games in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. She was on the Canadian team that won silver in the World League Super Final in 2017 along with finishing just a few places short at the FINA World Championships.[2]

Retirement from National Team

After a 15 year career, Alogbo announced her retirement from the Canadian women's national team in 5th September, 2020. However, She decided to continue playing professionally with CSS Verona in Italy. She also decided to coach the under-16 and under-18 teams [3]. In the statement release by Water Polo Canada, Alogbo said “It’s a huge decision for me. Water polo has been my priority for over 25 years, and it still is. The last year has been tough physically and mentally. I’ve thought a lot about it over the past few months, and I really think it’s the right decision. Although it’s not easy, I have a few good years left in me, and I want to make sure I stay competitive. The opportunity arose to go to Italy, and I decided to begin the transition towards coaching his year".[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Team Media Guide" (PDF). Water Polo Canada. p. 44. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/canadian-water-polo-veteran-krystina-alogbo-announces-international-retirement/
  3. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/aquatics-waterpolo-krystina-alogbo-retirement-1.5713204
  4. ^ https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/canadian-womens-waterpolo-legend-alogbo-213116374.html


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