Maddie Musselman

{{short description|American water polo player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox water polo biography

| name = Maddie Musselman

| full_name = Madeline Musselman

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|16}}

| birth_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.

| height = 5 ft 11 in

| weight = 143 lb

| college = UCLA Bruins

| position = Attacker

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| nationalteam1 = United States

| show-medals = no

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{{MedalSport|Women's water polo}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kazan|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Budapest|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Gwangju|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Budapest|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Doha|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Long Beach|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Shanghai|}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Budapest|}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Athens|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Team}}

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Madeline Musselman ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|s|əl|m|ən}} {{respell|MUSS|əl|mən}}; born June 16, 1998){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/maddie-musselman_1908383 |title=MUSSELMAN Maddie |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=August 11, 2024}} is an American water polo player and a 3 time Olympian (Paris, Tokyo and Rio).{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/waterpolo/story/_/id/17113161/2016-rio-olympics-us-water-polo-attacker-maddie-musselman-doing-runs-family |title=U.S. women's water polo attacker Maddie Musselman is just doing what runs in the family |website=ESPN.com |date=August 15, 2016}} Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It is the fourth time in her career that she has been named the MVP of a major international tournament as she was named the MVP of the FINA World League Super Final in 2019 and again in 2021. She was also named the MVP of the FINA World Championships in 2017 where Team USA won gold; scored 16 goals in six games, including hat trick in 13–6 final-round win over Spain.{{cite web |date=July 28, 2017 |title=U.S. women's water polo team wins fifth world title |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/07/28/usa-womens-water-polo-world-championship-spain/ |work=NBCsports.com}} At UCLA was a four-time First-Team All-American and four-time MPSF First-Team selection. In 2021 and 2022 was Women's Total Player of the Year by (Total Waterpolo).

Maddie was also part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://fina.org/news/water-polo-womens-final-and-bronze-matches-us-retain-title-their-reign-unchallenged |title=Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged |date=August 19, 2016 |work=FINA.org}} She was the second-leading goal scorer of the US team in the event with 12 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.{{cite web |url=http://graphics.dailybruin.com/maddie-musselman-ucla-newcomer-of-the-year/ |title=Musselman - Dream Big |website=DailyBruin.com |publisher=Michael Hull}}

Musselman won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia,{{cite web |url=http://fina.org/news/water-polo-reports-women-finals |title=Water Polo Reports - Women, FINALS |date=August 7, 2015 |work=FINA.org}} and at the Pan American Games in Toronto.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/July/15/Team-USA-Wins-Women-s-Water-Polo-Gold-In-Storied-USA-Canada-Border-Battle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229230544/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/July/15/Team-USA-Wins-Women-s-Water-Polo-Gold-In-Storied-USA-Canada-Border-Battle |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2015 |title=Team USA Wins Women's Water Polo Gold In Storied USA-Canada Border Battle |date=July 15, 2015 |work=teamUSA.org}}

Maddie finished her UCLA career with the most goals scored with 252. She was nominated for the Sullivan and Cutino award in 2022. She was named MPSF 2022 Player of the Year and 2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Year after she won a conference-record seven Newcomer of the Week awards.