Gabriella Palm

Gabriella Palm
Personal information
Full nameGabriella Catherine Palm
NicknameGabi
Born (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 28)
South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Home townBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
EducationBrisbane Girls Grammar School
University of Queensland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWater polo
ClubBrisbane Barracudas
Coached byRebecca Rippon
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 GwangjuTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 Surgut
Bronze medal – third place2026 Sydney

Gabriella Catherine Palm (born 20 May 1998) is an Australian water polo player. She was part of the Australian women's water polo team that finished in second place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Education

Palm attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

International career

Gabriella Palm stoppes the penalty shootout sending Australia to final in 2024 Olympic Games.

Palm was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. By finishing second in their pool, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal.

During the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics in semifinal against United States, she stoppes the sixth round of the penalty shootout sending Australia to final.

Family

Her father is former rugby union player Mitchell Palm.

References

  1. ↑ "Gabriella Palm". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 September 2025. Full name: Gabriella Catherine Palm
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gabi Palm". Olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "PALM Gabriella". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Dawson, Andrew (31 January 2018). "Gabriella Palm rises from the schoolgirl ranks to dare to dream about Olympic selection". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "PALM Gabriella". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Knocked out by a nation that shouldn't be at Games". The Adelaide now. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Stingers rally in water polo to beat Dutch". Murray Wenzel. 7News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "LIVESTREAM WATER POLO: Dynamic trio back at Thunder". The Courier Mail. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Desire makes Ms Natural Gabi Palm". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 - Water Polo". The Roar. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Pender, Kieran (8 August 2024). "Stingers stun USA in sudden-death shootout to reach Olympic water polo gold medal match". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics 2021: Daughters of famous footy players heading to Tokyo as part of water polo team". The Australian. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.