Alicia McCormack

Alicia McCormack (born 7 June 1983) is an Australian former water polo player. A goalkeeper, she played for the Cronulla Water Polo Club in the National Water Polo League and was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team. Although she did not play water polo in 2010 due to injury, McCormack has won gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2006 FINA World Cup; a silver medal at the 2007 FINA World Championships; and bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, 2005 FINA World League Super Finals, 2008 FINA World League Super Finals and 2009 FINA World League Super Finals.

Personal life

It was quite funny, really. I knew the prince played water polo and that he was selected to represent at the 2002 Commonwealth Championships in Manchester. So when I told him what I did, he smiled and bowed. I gave him a book [Water Warriors] and some Australian water polo cossies. He said: 'Oh, bathers' and then someone told him they were also known as budgie smugglers. The prince laughed and from then on he wanted to know all about me, the national team, the Olympics. He didn't want to talk about himself at all. — Alicia McCormack She is tall, weighs , is right handed and has a tattoo featuring the Olympic rings. and later graduated from Kirrawee High School. She began a Bachelor of Primary Education while on scholarship at the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS).

In 2010, McCormack was working at the New South Wales Institute of Sport as the personal assistant to Charles Turner, the chief executive of the organisation.

Water polo McCormack is a goalkeeper, and prefers to wear cap number thirteen.

Club water polo McCormack played her club water polo for the Cronulla Water Polo Club in the National Water Polo League, while also serving as an assistant coach on the team. She took a break from the Cronulla team following their 18 February 2012 game in order to attend the national team training camp. That year, she was also part of the team that finished sixth at the FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada. She was part of the 2007 silver winning side at the FINA World Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

McCormack was part of Australia's Oceania Olympic qualification campaign in 2008. In an 18–1 victory over New Zealand during the qualifiers, she made twelve saves. She was named to the team that competed in 2008 at the FINA world league preliminary round in Tianjin, China. In a 2008 Asia-Oceania qualifier against China for the World League Super Finals, she played in the 11–9 win that went to a penalty shoot out. She helped the team win by making a two handed stop of a Chinese shot in the last minutes of the game. She competed in the FINA World League Super Finals in Tenerife, Spain, where Australia took home a bronze medal.

In 2009, McCormack was part of the Australian side that finished third at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi, Russia. She competed in a warm-up match for the 2011 FINA World League against Italy in Ostia, Italy, in July that Australia won 12–11. In February 2012, she was named to the final training squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She attended training camp that started on 20 February 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport. with the announcement being made on 13 June. She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012. This was the team's first matches against Great Britain's national team in six years.