Rosanna Tomiuk is a female water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 player from Canada

Canada

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. She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team

Canada women's national water polo team

The Canada women's national water polo team represents Canada in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. In 1981 the team claimed its first international prize, winning the FINA Water Polo World Cup.-Olympic Games:...

, that claimed the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games

2007 Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tomiuk was named the MVP at the junior women's water polo club nationals in May 2004. She studied biology

Biology

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 and music

Music

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 at Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...

 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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. Her stepfather, Jean Thomas, played on the Canadian men's national water polo team, and also refereed at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal.