Zoe Arancini

Zoe Arancini (born 14 July 1991) is an Australian water polo player who plays driver, counter-attacker, or outside shooter.

[4] She attends Curtin University where she is working on a degree in Agriculture and Environment majoring in Coastal Zone Management[needs update].

[2] Her parents involvement were one of the reasons she chose to compete in water polo, alongside the fact she found the sport more interesting to play than swimming.

[2][3] She plays club water polo for the Melville, Western Australia team in the Premier League.

In July 2006, she was a member of the Youth Girls squad that competed in an international series in Auckland, New Zealand.

[14] In January 2009, she was a member of the national team that competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival held in Sydney.

[8] That year, she also competed at the 2009 FINA World League Super Finals held in Russia, and where her team finished third.

[2] She was a member of the national team that competed in the preliminary rounds of the 2010 FINA World League in Japan from 21 to 23 May and in China from 26 to 28 May.

[21] At the 2011 Canada Cup, she scored a goal in the third period in the gold medal match against China that the Australian team ended up winning.

[23] She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012.

[2] In 2010, the Australian Water Polo Hall of Fame named her as the female young player of the year.

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Arancini (top right in white cap) in the third of a five-game test series against the Great Britain women's national water polo team on 25 February 2012. Australia won 15–6
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The third of a five-game test series against the Great Britain women's national water polo team on 25 February 2012. Australia won 15–6. On the far left is Bronwen Knox , then Zoe Arancini, Melissa Rippon , Rowena Webster , Hannah Buckling .