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{{short description|Canadian water polo player (born 1984)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]]|[[Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montréal]]|[[Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]|[[Water polo at the 2003 Pan American Games|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Water polo at the 2007 Pan American Games|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|[[Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games|Team competition]]}}
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'''Rachel Riddell''' (born September 5, 1984) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[water polo]] goaltender. She participated at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/rachel-riddell/|title = Rachel Riddell| date=18 September 2011 }}</ref>

== Life ==
Riddell was a student at [[Loyola Marymount University]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmulions.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5824|title = Rachel Riddell - Women's Water Polo}}</ref> and [[Concordia University]].

She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]. She was awarded best goalkeeper at the 2003 World Junior Championships in [[Calgary]], Alberta, Canada, when the Canadian team won the gold medal.

Since 2003 Rachel Riddell has been a member of Canada's senior women's water polo team. At the 2005 Fina aquatic games, in Montreal, Canada, she won acclaim for her play in the bronze medal winning game for Canada. In 2006, she helped Canada win silver at the Commonwealth games in Melbourne, Australia.
 
Riddell was awarded best goalkeeper of the 2009 World Championships in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], when Canada won the silver medal.

==See also==
* [[Canada women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]
* [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

{{Canada women's water polo squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{Canada squad 2009 Women's World Aquatics Championships}}

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Winnipeg]]
[[Category:Canadian female water polo players]]
[[Category:Water polo goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Olympic water polo players for Canada]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in water polo]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Loyola Marymount University alumni]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manitoba]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen]]


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