{{Short description|Australian water polo player (born 2004)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Sienna Green | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | full_name = Sienna Rose Green | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|11|1|df=y}}<ref name="Paris 2024"/> | birth_place = North Sydney, Australia<ref name="AOC"/> | hometown = Mosman, Australia<ref name="AOC"/> | alma_mater = *University of Sydney *University of California, Los Angeles | height = 193 cm<ref name="Paris 2024"/> | country = {{AUS}} | sport = Water polo | position = Centre back | universityteam = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | coach = Rebecca Rippon<ref name="AOC"/> | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2024 Paris|Team}} }}
'''Sienna Rose Green''' (born 1 November 2004) is an Australian female water polo Olympian, who plays the centre back position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/sport/water-polo/event/women/match/wpw400301/doc/startlist/athlete/1947540 |title=Sienna Green |publisher=Eurosport}}</ref><ref name="UCLA 2024">{{Cite web |url=https://static.uclabruins.com/custompages/2024_olympics/bios/sienna_green.html |title=Sienna Green – 2024 Olympics |website=UCLA Bruins |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/sienna-green-2307803 |title=Sienna Green |website=NBC Olympics |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> She competed for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the water polo women's tournament, and won a silver medal.<ref name="Paris 2024">{{cite web |title=GREEN Sienna |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sienna-green_1947540 |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730151850/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sienna-green_1947540 |archive-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>
== Early and personal life == Green was born in North Sydney, Australia, and is Jewish.<ref name=ucla/><ref name="ksd">{{cite web |author=Shane Desiatnik |date=22 February 2024 |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/green-goes-great-in-worlds-debut/ |title=Green goes great in worlds debut; NSW Institute of Sport's water polo program head coach Jacki Northam predicted Green would be "a player to watch … ready to unleash on the world," |work=Australian Jewish News}}</ref><ref name=gur>{{cite web |author=Jacob Gurvis |date=10 August 2024 |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/08/10/sports/jewish-water-polo-star-sienna-green-wins-silver-with-australia |title=Jewish water polo star Sienna Green wins silver with Australia |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}</ref> She is the daughter of former water polo players Tessa and Antony Green; her father represented Australia at the 1989 Maccabiah Games (winning a bronze medal) and the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel.<ref name=dad/><ref name=gur/><ref name=ucla>{{cite web |url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-water-polo/roster/sienna-green/13256 |title=Sienna Green |publisher=UCLA Bruins}}</ref> 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).<ref name=ucla/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/mens-water-polo/roster/zac-green/6383 |title=2023 Men's Water Polo Roster; Zac Green |publisher=UCSB Gauchos}}</ref><ref name=dad>Shane Desiatnik (10 February 2021). [https://www.australianjewishnews.com/callout-for-maccabiah-water-polo-players/ "Callout for Maccabiah water polo players,"] ''Australian Jewish News''.</ref> She became interested in water polo at age nine as she saw it as a combination of her two favourite sports, swimming and basketball.<ref name="AOC" />
She attended high school at SCEGGS Darlinghurst in Sydney, and lives in Mosman, Australia.<ref name=ucla/> Green is 193 cm (6 feet 4 inches) tall, and is the tallest person in her family.<ref name="UCLA 2024" />
==Water polo career== Green's coach is Australian former Olympian Rebecca Rippon.<ref name="AOC"/>
Green played for the University of Sydney Water Polo Club (the Lions).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://susf.com.au/blog/2024/05/21/water-polo-women-off-to-paris/ |title=Water polo women off to Paris |publisher=Sydney Uni Sport |date=21 May 2024}}</ref> With them, she won the U18 Australian Nationals competition in 2020, and an Australian Water Polo League (KAP7 Cup) title in 2021.<ref name=ucla/><ref name=ksd/><ref name="AOC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/sienna-green/ |title=Sienna Green |website=Olympics.com.au |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
She played in 2023 as a central defender for the University of California, Los Angeles, scoring 39 goals in the team's 29 games.<ref name=ksd/> The team made it to the NCAA semifinals, where it lost to Stanford University, which went on to win the national championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ucsbgauchos.com/news/2024/1/19/womens-water-polo-opens-2024-campaign-with-winter-invitational-weekend.aspx |title=Women’s Water Polo Opens 2024 Campaign with Winter Invitational Weekend |publisher=UC Santa Barbara |date=19 January 2024}}</ref> 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).<ref name=ucla/><ref name=gur/>
Green was captain of the Australian national U18 girls' team.<ref name=ksd/> 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.<ref name="UCLA 2024"/><ref name="AOC"/>
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.<ref name=ucla/><ref name=ksd/>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/aussies-open-world-u20-water-polo-championships-with-thumping-win/ |title=Aussies open World U20 Water Polo Championships with thumping win |website=nswis.com |date=9 September 2023}}</ref>
At 19 years of age, Green was made the youngest member of the Stingers' 2024 world championships team, and the youngest member of the Stingers ever.<ref name=ksd/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.waterpoloaustralia.com.au/news/paris-2024-preview-water-polo |title=Paris 2024 Preview: Water Polo |publisher=Water Polo Australia |date=26 July 2024}}</ref> She plays for the team as a utility player.<ref name="AOC"/> Green competed in all seven games at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, in Doha, Qatar, in which the team came in sixth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sienna GREEN | Results | World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1631887/www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1631887/sienna-green |website=World Aquatics |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=ksd/>
===2024 Paris Olympics=== Green competed for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Water polo women's tournament at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena, and won a silver medal with Australia.<ref name=gur/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sienna-green |title=Sienna Green |website=Olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian 2024 Paris Olympic Games Water Polo Team Portrait Session |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/australian-womens-water-polo-player-sienna-green-poses-news-photo/2152142381 |website=Getty Images |date=9 May 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Ali Asgar Nalwala |date=9 May 2024 |title=PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS WATER POLO: ZOE ARANCINI TO LEAD 13-MEMBER AUSSIE STINGERS SQUAD |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympics-australia-women-water-polo-team |website=Olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> She was the youngest Australian woman to compete in Water Polo in the Olympics, and scored three goals in seven games, six of which Australia won.<ref name=gur/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/thirteen-strong-aussie-stingers-water-polo-team-selected-for-paris-olympics/ |title=Thirteen-strong Aussie Stingers Water Polo Team selected for Paris Olympics |website=Olympics.com.au |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee}}</ref>
==See also == * List of select Jewish water polo players * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
== References == <references />
==External links== * {{World Aquatics}} * {{Australian Olympic Committee}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{InterSportStats|2000188789}} * {{Instagram}}
{{Australia women's water polo squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
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