Adam Krikorian

Adam Krikorian
Personal information
Born (1974-07-22) 22 July 1974 (age 50)
Santa Clara, California
Nationality  United States
Teams coached
Years Team
2009–
 United States women's national
water polo team
Medal record
Women's water polo (as head coach)
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest Team
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Christchurch
Gold medal – first place 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk
Gold medal – first place 2018 Surgut
Gold medal – first place 2023 Long Beach
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kirishi
Gold medal – first place 2010 La Jolla
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tianjin
Gold medal – first place 2012 Changshu
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kunshan
Gold medal – first place 2015 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 2016 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 2017 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kunshan
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2020 Athens
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Beijing
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Last updated: 26 October 2020

Adam Krikorian (born July 22, 1974) is an American water polo coach and the head coach of the United States women's national water polo team. He coached the team to gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Games, and 2020 Olympic Games.[1] He was named the United States Olympic Committee's Coach of the Games for 2016.[2] He won 15 NCAA national championships as player, assistant coach, and head coach at UCLA.[3]

  1. ^ "U.S. Retains water polo coaches Adam Krikorian, Dejan Udovicic through Paris Olympics". Los Angeles Times. 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "U.S. Olympic Committee Announces 2016 Winners For Team USA Awards Presented By Dow, Best Of The Games". United States Olympic Committee. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Krikorian Named Women's Senior National Team Head Coach". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-03-28.