Aria Fischer

Aria Fischer (born March 2, 1999), is a water polo player who competed for Stanford University, and represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Jainero where she won the gold medal in the women's water polo team championship, and in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she again won the gold medal in the women's water polo team championship.

Early life and family Aria Fischer was born March 2, 1999 in Laguna Beach, California to Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Fisher. Aria's father Erich Fischer was twice an All-American water polo player at Stanford, and played with the U.S. team that placed fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Aria's sister Makenzie Fischer also played water polo for the U.S. National team and was a U.S. teammate U.S. when Aria won gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Jainero and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Aria's uncle, Martin Fischer, played goalkeeper for Stanford's men's water polo team.

In her early years, Aria was co-coached in water polo by her father Erich at the Laguna Beach Water Polo Club, and later moved to the Saddleback El Toro (SET) water polo club.

Laguna Beach High Graduating in 2017, Aria attended Laguna Beach High School, where she was coached by Ethan Damato. Damato led the Laguna Beach women's program from 2011-2025 to six CIF Southern Section titles, two Southern California Regional Championships and had three of his women players win sports on Olympic teams. Playing for Laguna Beach, Aria was part of three California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division 1 Championships. In 2017 under Damato, Fischer helped lead Laguna Beach to a noteworthy undefeated season of 31-0 and in 2014, a record of 30-1. She was the recipient of honors in both 2014 and 2015 as an All-Southern Section Division 1 player. In 2016, she left Laguna Beach High to begin training full time with the U.S. National team.

International competition In non-Olympic international competition highlights, Aria won gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in 2017 in Budapest, Hungary and in 2019 in Grangju, China. She won another gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, and a gold at the 2019 Pan American championships in Lima, Peru.

2020 Tokyo Olympic gold Fischer competed with the U.S. women's water polo team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, scoring a total of ten goals,