Shae La Roche
Personal information
Born (1992-09-03) September 3, 1992 (age 31)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hometown Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nationality Canadian
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Position Attacker
Club information
Current team Italy SIS Roma
College(s) Indiana Hoosiers
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team
FINA World League
Silver medal – second place 2017 Shanghai

Shae La Roche (née Fournier; born September 3, 1992) is a Canadian water polo player. She won the silver medal with the Women's National Team at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2019 Pan American Games.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

College career

Fournier attended Indiana University playing on the water polo team from 2011 to 2018.[3] In her senior year at Indiana University she became the school’s first water polo player to earn Academic All-American honours. She was also a second-team All-American and Collegiate Water Polo Association Player of the Year. She set a Hoosiers record with 302 career goals, making her one of only five players in NCAA history to score 300 or more goals.[3]

International career

Fournier made her senior debut in 2014, competing in the FINA Water Polo World League. In 2017 she won the silver medal at the 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League held in Shanghai, China.[4] In June 2021, La Roche was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Shae Fournier — athlete profile". Canadian Olympic Team. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Water Polo la ROCHE Shae - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. ^ a b "Shae Fournier — athlete profile". Indiana Hoosiers. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ “USA beats Canada to retain FINA World League crown” fina.org June 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 water polo team announced". waterpolo.ca. Water Polo Canada. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ^ Nichols, Paula (28 June 2021). "Canadian water polo team ready to make waves at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. ^ Butler, Signa (28 June 2021). "Canadian Olympic women's water polo team announced for Tokyo". www.cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved 28 June 2021.

External links

Canada women's water polo squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 7th place
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