Coralie Simmons
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| Born | March 1, 1977 (age 49) Hemet, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupations | Water Polo Coach *Sonoma State *U. Cal Berkeley (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming, Water Polo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Guy Baker, Adam Krikorian (UCLA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Coralie Denise Simmons (born March 1, 1977) is an American water polo player, who competed for UCLA and won the silver medal in Women's Water Polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2001, she won the Peter J. Cutino Award, presented annually to the top American collegiate water polo player. Since graduating UCLA in 2001, she has played professional water polo in Greece, and coached Water Polo at the University of California Berkeley in 2015, and Sonoma State.
Simmons was born in Hemet, California on March 1, 1977 to her father and Debbie Simmons, her future soccer coach. At Hemet High School, Simmons was girls' water polo team captain and Outstanding Defensive Player for her senior year in 1994. In addition to her outstanding play in Water Polo, she lettered four years in varsity swimming, where she was a four-time team MVP and two-time league champion. In 1995, Simmons set a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) record in 100 breaststroke and 100 freestyle, and was recognized as CIF Outstanding Female Swimmer. She played three years of soccer with her mother as coach.