Erika Figge

Erika Figge (born January 9, 1985) is a former swimmer and water polo player from the United States, who competed for the University of Southern California. She made one of her first and more noteworthy appearances in elite competition at the US National Women's Water Polo Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.

University of Southern California A Sociology major, Figge attended the University of Southern California, from around 2003-2007, where she was coached by Montenegro-born USC Head Coach Jovan Vavic. Olympian Brittany Hayes was one of Figge's USC teammates. Figge had a fifth highest team total of 33 goals in her Freshman year, a fourth highest team total of 32 goals as a Sophomore, and a sixth highest total of 22 goals as a Junior in 2006. She functioned frequently as an attacker, a strong versatile offensive player, who could play nearly any position including driver, wing, and hold set (center).

Scoring two goals for Team USA, at the 2005 FINA World Championships Figge captured a silver medal. As part of America's Junior National Team, where she captured a gold at the 2005 FINA Junior World Championships in 2005, and at the 2003 FINA Junior World Championships won the silver.

She won a team gold medal in water polo at the 2007 Pan American games in Rio de Janeiro.

International competitions 2003 – 2003 FINA Junior World Championships, Calgary, Canada (2nd place) 2005 – 2005 FINA Junior World Championships, Perth, Australia (1st place) 2005 – FINA World League, Kirishi, Russia (5th place) 2005 – World Championships, Montréa, Canada (2nd place) 2006 – 2006 FINA Women's World League, Cosenza, Italy (1st place) 2006 – 2006 Holiday Cup, Los Alamitos, USA (1st place) 2006 – 2006 FINA Women's World Cup, Tianjin, China (4th place) 2007 – 2007 FINA Women's World League Super Final, Montreal, Canada (1st place) 2007 – Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1st place)