Jaime Komer

{{short description|American water polo player (born 1981)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jaime Komer | image = | caption = | fullname = Jaime Elizabeth Komer | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 1, 1981}} | sport = Water Polo | collegeteam = UCLA | coach = Eric Sullivan (Edison High) Adam Krikorian (UCLA) Guy Baker (Olympics) | club = Fresno Outlaws Club Freemantle Mariners, Australia Natación Alcorcón Arena, Spain (Pro) | spouse = Matt Komer (m. 2007) | occupation = Professional Water Polo Sports, Nutrition Counselor | position = Goalkeeper | height = 183 cm | weight = 73 kg | birth_place = Fresno, California, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's water polo }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver | 2008 Beijing | Team competition }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2007 Melbourne | Team competition }} {{MedalGold | 2009 Rome | Team competition }} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Montreal | Team competition }} {{MedalCompetition | FINA Water Polo World League }} {{MedalGold | 2007 Montreal | Team competition }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalGold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team competition }} }}

'''Jaime Elizabeth Komer''' (married Matt Komer 2007, née '''Hipp''', born September 1, 1981) is a former female water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who competed for UCLA, and won a silver team medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Prior to the 2008 Olympics, she played professionally in Australia and for the Spanish team Natación Alcorcón Arena, and later started the business AYT, a sports and lifestyle company with her husband Matt Komer.<ref name=TeamUSA/>

Jaime was born September 1, 1981 in Fresno, California and attended Edison High School.<ref name=Edison>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/708320986/?match=1&terms=%22Jaime%20Hipp%22%20AND%20%22Eric%20Sullivan%22|title="High Schools, Edison Upsets Porterville in Girl's Water Polo", ''The Fresno Bee'', Fresno, California, November 8, 1998, pg. 44|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref> A multi-sport athlete during her High School years, she competed in swimming, soccer and basketball, receiving three letters in both Water Polo and swimming where she excelled in both breaststroke and medley events.<ref name=Yosemite>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/708467075/?match=1&terms=%22Jaime%20Hipp%22%20AND%20%22Edison%22|title="Swimming Finals, North Yosemite League, ''The Fresno Bee'', Fresno, California, May 9, 1999, pg. 7|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref> She was drawn to the sport of water polo, partly from following the career of her brother Dan who played water polo as a goaltender for the University of Irvine.<ref name=biograph>{{cite web|url=https://biographs.org/jaime-hipp|title=Biographs, Jaime Hipp, American Water Polo Player|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref><ref name=TeamUSA>{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/jaime-hipp|title=Team USA, Jaime Hipp|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref> While swimming for Edison High water polo Coach Eric Sullivan, she was voted All League First Team and twice voted a league Most Valuable Player. She captained her High School team in her Senior year, and was announced as an All-Valley first team honoree.<ref name=TeamUSA/> In club play, Jaime was an All-American honoree as a member of the Fresno Outlaws Water Polo Club team, and competed for the Outlaws in the Junior Olympics in August, 1998.<ref name=UCLA>{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/2013/4/17/208183302|title=UCLA Sports, Player Bio:Jaime Hipp|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref><ref name=Outlaws>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/708193182/?match=1&terms=%22Jaime%20Hipp%22%20AND%20%22Outlaw%22|title="Outlaws Split at Junior Olympics", ''The Fresno Bee'', Fresno, California, August 5, 1998, pg. 44|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref>

== University of California Los Angeles == upright=.54|left|thumb|Coach Krikorian As Jaime Hipp, she attended the University of California Los Angeles from around 1999-2003, where she was trained and mentored by Head women's coach Adam Krikorian, a former Water Polo athlete for UCLA, who would coach the U.S. Women's National Water Polo team beginning in 2009.<ref name=Krikorian>{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/honors/hall-of-fame/adam-krikorian/49|title=UCLA Sports Hall of Fame, Adam Krikorian|website=uclabruins.com|access-date=March 13, 2025}}</ref> Hipp Komer graduated with majors in psychology and French in 2003.<ref name=UCLA/>

In 2001, the UCLA Women's Water Polo team won the NCAA National Championship at Stanford University, defeating Stanford 5-4.<ref name="NCAAChampionship">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/waterpolo-women/nc|title=Women's Water Polo Championship History|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> In her Junior collegiate year in 2002, she was named as an All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) second-team honoree, and in 2002 was an NCAA and MPSF second team All-Tournament honoree. Playing as a college Senior in 2003, she helped take the UCLA women's water polo team to a second NCAA team Championship defeating Stanford 4-3 at U.C. San Diego, where she received the honor of being named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. Throughout her college career, she served as a starting goal tender and was the recipient of All-American honors in all four years of her collegiate career.<ref name=biograph/>

==International highlights== Komer had numerous wins with the U.S. National team. She won a gold medal with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, the 2009 World Championships in Rome, and the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. Komer won another gold medal at the 2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League in the team competition in Montreal.<ref name=TeamUSA/>

==2008 Beijing Olympic Silver== As Jaime Hipp Komer, she was part of the U.S. Women's Water polo team that won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, in the 2008 Olympic women's water polo competition where she was trained and managed by Olympic water polo Head Coach Guy Baker, a former coach of the water polo teams at Cal State Long Beach and UCLA.<ref name=Baker>{{cite web|title=Guy Baker (2018), USA Water Polo Hall of Fame |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=2 |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 }}</ref> At the 2008 Olympics, the women's US team played the Australian team in the semifinals, beating them by a score of 9-8, but the Netherlands also made the final match by beating the team from Hungary by a score of 8-7. In the final game for the gold medal, the Netherlands went ahead by a score of 4-0, but the U.S. women were able to rebound, and tied the score 5-5, by the halftime break. The Netherlands soon scored in the second half taking a lead of 7-5 lead, but the American women came back, bringing the score to an 8-8 tie by the early fourth quarter. Daniëlle de Bruijn, the Netherland's top player, scored the winning goals with only 26 seconds remaining in the game, giving the Netherlands the gold medal and the American women the silver. The Netherlands goal tender had two saves in the games last ten seconds. Jaime did not play in the final game.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114143|title=Olympedia Biography, Jaime Komer|access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref>

In June 2009, Komer was again named to the USA Water Polo Women's Senior National Team for the 2009 FINA World Championships, where the U.S. team won another Gold medal.<ref>[http://www.usawaterpolo.org/SingleNews/09-06-24/Roster_Announced_For_2009_FINA_Women_s_World_Championships.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx Roster Announced For 2009 FINA Women's World Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220101519/http://www.usawaterpolo.org/SingleNews/09-06-24/Roster_Announced_For_2009_FINA_Women_s_World_Championships.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx |date=2012-02-20 }}, June 24, 2009.</ref>

She and Matt Komer, a former professional volleyball player, were married August 5, 2007.<ref name=TeamUSA/> They were both All-Americans and National Champions while at UCLA.<ref name=TeamUSA/>

===Professional pursuits=== Prior to her time at the 2008 Olympics, in 2004-5, Jaime played club water polo in Australia for the Fremantle Mariners. While with the Mariners, she won two National League Championships. Later in 2005-6, she was part of Spanish Club team, C.N. Odarreta, Alcorcon.<ref name=TeamUSA/>

Jaime and husband Matt Komer started their own business, AYT Lifestyle,<ref>[http://aytlifestyle.com/ AYT lifestyle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117161742/http://aytlifestyle.com/ |date=2016-01-17 }}</ref> a proactive lifestyle company that combines yoga, pilates, sport, nutrition, travel and philanthropy to initiate positive change. Their company is based in Orange County, California but serves customers worldwide.

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