{{short description|Canadian water polo player (born 1984)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Water polo |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|5}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Rome|Team competition}} {{MedalBronze|2005 Montréal|Team competition}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2003 Santo Domingo|Team competition}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Rio de Janeiro|Team competition}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara|Team competition}} }}
'''Rachel Riddell''' (born September 5, 1984) is a Canadian water polo goaltender. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/rachel-riddell/|title = Rachel Riddell| date=18 September 2011 }}</ref>
== Life == Riddell was a student at Loyola Marymount University,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmulions.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5824|title = Rachel Riddell - Women's Water Polo}}</ref> and Concordia University.
She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in Barcelona, Spain. She was awarded best goalkeeper at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, when the Canadian team won the gold medal.
Since 2003 Rachel Riddell has been a member of Canada's senior women's water polo team. At the 2005 Fina aquatic games, in Montreal, Canada, she won acclaim for her play in the bronze medal-winning game for Canada. In 2006, she helped Canada win silver at the Commonwealth games in Melbourne, Australia. Riddell was awarded best goalkeeper of the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy, when Canada won the silver medal.
==See also== * Canada women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sports links}}
{{Canada women's water polo squad 2004 Summer Olympics}} {{Canada squad 2009 Women's World Aquatics Championships}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riddell, Rachel}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Winnipeg Category:Canadian female water polo players Category:Water polo goalkeepers Category:Olympic water polo players for Canada Category:Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Water polo players at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in water polo Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Loyola Marymount University alumni Category:Sportswomen from Manitoba Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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