Foteini Tricha
Greek water polo player
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Foteini Tricha (Greek: Φωτεινή Τριχά; born 26 April 2005 in Athens) is a Greek water polo player[2] who plays as a wing for Olympiacos SFP and the Greece women's national team.[3][4][5][6][7].
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| Native name | Φωτεινή Τριχά | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Greece[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 2005 Athens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Olympiacos SFP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In December 2025, she was named the world's top female water polo player for year 2025 winnning the Total Player Award by World Aquatics,[8] thus becoming the youngest ever recipient of this honour.[9]
Career
Tricha started playing water polo at age six in Marousi and later joined Nireas Chalandriou, where she won multiple youth championships.[10] In 2020, she signed with Olympiacos and became part of their senior team in the Greek A1 Women's League.[11] In 2023, she renewed her contract for four more years.[12]
Internationally, Tricha was part of the Greece U17 team that won bronze at the 2019 European Championships and silver at the 2022 FINA Junior World Championships, where she was named MVP.[13]
She made her senior debut in 2023 with the Greek national team, and played well at the 2025 World Aquatic Championships in Singapore, being the first scorer of the whole tournament with 25 goals scored, and led the Greek national team to the gold medal.
