Ellen Estes

Ellen Estes
Personal information
Born (1978-10-13) October 13, 1978 (age 46)
Portland, Oregon, United States
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona Team competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Team competition

Ellen Marie Estes (born October 13, 1978) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estes scored three goals during the bronze medal game against Australia.

Estes played for Stanford University. She was a senior on the 2002 NCAA National Championship Team; was a two-time All-American; and broke a Stanford scoring record with 93 goals in her sophomore year. She graduated with an Engineering degree at Stanford, and interned for studied roller-coaster design as an intern with Disney.

In 2003, Estes was named the USA Water Polo Female Athlete of the Year.

From 2007–2009, Estes served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Harvard University Men's and Women's Water Polo Teams, while finishing her MBA at Harvard Business School.

In 2012, she was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Ellen Estes Lee (2012)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 18 September 2020.