Keesja Gofers

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Keesja Gofers

Personal information

Born

16 March 1990 (age 34)
Sydney, Australia

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

64 kg (141 lb)

Sport

Country

Australia

Sport

Water polo

Club

Sydney Uni Lions

Medal record

Olympic Games

	2024 Paris	Team
World Championships
	2013 Barcelona	Team
	2019 Gwangju	Team

Keesja Gofers (/ˈkeɪʃɑː/ KAY-shah;^[1] born 16 March 1990) is an Australian water polo player.^[2]^[3]

Water polo career

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Gofers won the silver medal at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain,^[4] and the bronze medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics^[5] and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

In the 2020 Olympics, the Australian Stingers went through to the quarterfinals by finishing second in their pool. They were beaten 8–9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal.^[6]

Personal life

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Keesja Gofers is the sister of Australian Water Polo player Taniele Gofers and Australian Handball player Allira Hudson-Gofers.

References

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^ "GOFERS Keesja". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "Keesja Gofers". WaterPoloAustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
^ "Keesja Gofers". FINA.com.
^ "Spain first to claim gold at home". WaterPoloWorld.com. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
^ "Keesja Gofers". Rio2016.Olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ "2020 Olympics Water Polo". TheRoar.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

External links

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Keesja Gofers at World Aquatics
Keesja Gofers at Olympics.com
Keesja Gofers at Olympedia
Keesja Gofers at the Australian Olympic Committee
Keesja Gofers on Instagram

v t e Australia women's water polo squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Yanitsas (GK) 2 Beadsworth 3 Buckling 4 Lincoln-Smith 5 Gofers 6 Knox (C) 7 Webster 8 Ralph 9 Arancini 10 Southern 11 Bishop (LH) 12 Zagame 13 Wakefield (GK) Coach: McFadden

v t e Australia women's water polo squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Yanitsas (GK) 2 Gofers 3 Buckling 4 Halligan 5 Armit 6 Knox 7 Webster (C) 8 Ridge 9 Arancini 10 L. Mihailovic 11 Kearns 12 Andrews (LH) 13 Palm (GK) Coach: P. Mihailović

v t e Australia women's water polo squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Palm (GK) 2 Gofers 3 Armit 4 Halligan 5 Green 6 A. Andrews 7 C. Andrews 8 Hearn 9 Arancini (C) 10 Williams 11 Kearns 12 Jackovich 13 Longman (GK) Coach: Rippon

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Water polo career

Personal life

See also

References

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