| Sienna Green | |
| Full Name: | Sienna Rose Green |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 2004 |
| Birth Place: | North Sydney, Australia |
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| Height: | 193 cm |
| Father: | --> |
| Sport: | Water polo |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Coach: | Rebecca Rippon |
Sienna Rose Green (born 1 November 2004) is an Australian female water polo Olympian, who plays the centre back position.[1] [2] [3] She is competing for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Water polo women's tournament at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena from 27 July to 10 August 2024.
Green was born in North Sydney, Australia, is the daughter of former water polo players Tessa and Antony Green.[4] She has one older sister, Allie, and one older brother, Zac (who played for the Australian men’s U18 water polo team, and plays water polo as a defender for UC Santa Barbara).[4] [5] [6]
She attended high school at SCEGGS Darlinghurst in Sydney, and lives in Mosman, Australia.[4] Green is 193 cm (6 feet 4 inches) tall, and is the tallest person in her family.[7] [4]
Green's coach is Australian former Olympian Rebecca Rippon.[8]
Green played for the University of Sydney Water Polo Club (the Lions).[9] With them, she won the U18 Australian Nationals competition in 2020, and an Australian Water Polo League (KAP7 Cup) title in 2021.[4] [7] [10]
She played in 2023 as a central defender for the University of California, Los Angeles, scoring 39 goals in all of the team's 29 games.[7] The team made it to the NCAA semifinals, where it lost to Stanford University, which went on to win the national championship.[11] Green was named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American (Honorable Mention 2023), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) All-Newcomer Team (2023), and ACWPC All-Academic (Outstanding 2023).[4]
Green was captain of the Australian national U18 girls’ team.[7] She was captain and the highest goal-scorer of the Australian team at the 2022 FINA World Women’s Youth Water Polo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[12] [8]
In 2022, Green earned her first cap for the Stingers, the Australia women's national water polo team, at the 2022 FINA Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup against Canada; the Stingers won the gold medal in the tournament.[4] [7]
In September 2023 she played for the Australian Women’s U20 team in the 2023 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championships in Portugal.[13]
At 19 years of age, Green was made the youngest member of the Stingers’ 2024 world championships team.[7] She plays for the team as a utility player.[8] Green competed in all seven games at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, in Doha, Qatar, in which the team came in sixth.[14] [7]
Green is competing for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Water polo women's tournament at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena from 27 July to 10 August 2024.[15] [16] [17] She is the youngest Australian woman to compete in Water Polo in the Olympics.[18]