Lea Yanitsas (;born 15 March 1989) is an Australian water polo player who plays the position of goalkeeper. She was part of the Australian team at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Yanitsas was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Career
Yanitsas made her senior debut in 2007. She won a silver medal in 2010 World Cup in Christchurch and competed in the World Championships at Barcelona in 2013, and Kazan in 2015. She was co Captain of Sydney Uni who were National League Champions in 2016.
In the 2020 Olympics, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal.
Personal life
Yanitsas grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Yanitsas is the daughter of a New Zealand-born mother and Czech father. She is married to Andrew Yanitsas who she met through water polo and they have one son.
See also
Australia 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
External links
1989 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people) Australian female water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Olympic water polo players for Australia Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Australian women Australian people of New Zealand descent Australian people of Czech descent