Elizabeth Armstrong

Elizabeth Anne "Betsey" Armstrong (born January 31, 1983) is an American water polo goalkeeper, who won gold medals with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games, and 2007 and 2009 world championships. She is a leading goalkeeper in Olympic water polo history, with 102 saves. Armstrong attended Huron High School in Ann Arbor and was a three-year letterwinner on her water polo team. She then went on to graduate from the University of Michigan in 2005, where she was the goalkeeper for the women's water polo team. Betsey graduated with a bachelor's degree in English language and Literature.

In June 2009, Armstrong was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships. She was named the best female water polo player for 2010 by FINA Aquatics World Magazine.

Starting in 2012, Betsey was hired as the assistant coach of the University of Michigan Women's Water Polo Team. She works alongside head coach Matt Anderson in coaching the players.

In 2019, she was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.

International competitions 2000 — Junior Pan American Games, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1st place 2006 — FINA World League, Cosenza, Italy, 1st place 2006 — FINA World Cup, Tianjin, China, 4th place 2006 — Holiday Cup, Los Alamitos, United States, 1st place 2007 — FINA World Championships, Melbourne, Australia, 1st place 2007 — FINA World League, Montréal, Canada, 1st place 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1st place 2008 — Summer Olympic Games, Beijing, China, silver medal 2011 — Pan American Games, gold medal 2012 — Summer Olympic Games, London, gold medal