Bronwen Knox

Bronwen Knox (born 16 April 1986) is an Australian former water polo centre back/centre forward. She played for the National Water Polo League's Queensland Breakers before switching to the Victorian Tigers for the 2012 season. In 2013–14 season, she played for the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in the European competitions, winning the LEN Trophy.

Knox has represented Australia as a member of Australia women's national water polo team at both the junior and senior levels. She won a gold medal at the 2006 FINA World Cup, the silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, the 2010 FINA World Cup and the 2010 FINA World League, and the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 FINA World League. She was a member of the Australia women's Olympic team that won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She represented Australia at four Olympic Games the last one being the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was Australia's Deputy Chef de Mission at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal life Knox was born on 16 April 1986 in Brisbane, Queensland. Her grandfather was William Knox, a prominent Queensland politician. She is tall, weighs , is right-handed and has a tattoo featuring the Olympic rings. and has resided in Windsor, Queensland.

Knox attended Hartwick College in New York on a water polo scholarship, As of 2012, she worked as a laboratory assistant. She started playing water polo as a fourteen-year-old for a local Brisbane side.

Club team Knox played club water polo for the Queensland Breakers in the Australian National Water Polo League. 2008 and 2009. The annual match between the KFC Breakers and the Barracudas is considered by The Courier-Mail as a grudge match. She participated in the 2008 game with her team. In 2010, they played in the finals tournament, and she was named to the league finals' All Star team. , she plays for the Victorian Tigers in the same league.

In the 2013–14 season, Knox played for the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in the European competitions, winning the LEN Trophy. Knox was the hero of the final against Firenze (10–9), scoring Olympiacos' winning goal with a spectacular shot with only 23 seconds to go.

Junior national team Knox has represented Australia at the junior national level. In 2002, she was a member of the national youth girls team that toured the United States in June, and competed in an international series in Sydney in August. In 2004, she was a member of the team that toured Europe in July and August. She was a member of Australia's junior national team in 2005, and she was on the junior side that competed in the VI FINA World Junior Championships in Perth in January of that year. The team defeated Greece 10–4 for the bronze medal, with its only loss a 4–5 loss to the United States. In 2008, Knox was named to the team that competed 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, scoring three of the goals for Australia. The World League Finals were held in Spain, and Australia ultimately took home a bronze medal. Her team ended up in the bronze medal match after losing 8–9 to the United States in the semi-finals and playing against Hungary for the bronze. Earlier in the Olympics, her team had tied with the Hungarians. Knox was the captain of the national team in December 2010 and May 2011. In February 2010, she attended a national team training camp in the Gold Coast in preparation for the team's appearance at the April Commonwealth Championships. She went on to compete in the FINA World League Finals in La Jolla, California, and Australia took home a silver medal. That month, she also represented Australia at the Six Nations Cup that was held in Sydney. She was again the captain during this tournament, and on the second day of the competition, helped lead her team to a 7–5 victory of the United States. She competed Australia's 10–8 defeat of Russia. Her coach was quoted in The Age about her performance in the match, saying "Bronwen Knox was excellent at centre back and the pressure allowed us to get steals and counter-attacks." In 2011, she was one of five Queensland women to compete for the Australian Stingers in the FINA World League competition held in Auckland, New Zealand. In a May 2011 match against China, she scored three goals in a 9–7 game that saw Australia score six goals in the second period. In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia. She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers. In February 2012, she was named as a member of the 2012 Summer Olympics training squad. In the first game of the test series on 21 February 2012 that Australia won 13–5, she scored three goals.

Knox was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. By finishing second in their pool, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal.

Post playing Knox was the Deputy Chef de Mission to help manage the Australian team on the ground at the 2024 Paris Olympics.