Elle Armit

Fast Facts

Sport: Water Polo 
Event: Women
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Highlights: 2019 FINA World Championships bronze; 2015 World University Games gold
Year Born: 1991
Born: Townsville, QLD

About Elle

Elle Armit's Water Polo journey began when she was 10 years old. She was introduced to a modified version of Water Polo called 'Flippaball' by her primary school and from then on, she was hooked.

She joined Townsville Water Polo club as a junior, then began her Australian national league Water Polo career with the Queensland Breakers in Brisbane. Following this, in 2013 Elle made her senior national team debut for the Aussie Stingers.

Considering herself more of a water than a land baby, Elle spent time honing her craft in both the Spanish and Italian leagues, using her worldly knowledge to improve her status in the Aussie Stingers. 

Armit has been in the national team for several years but made plenty of outsiders sit up and take notice after scoring four goals in the 10-7 win over the USA in the group stage finals of the 2017 FINA World League. She then went on to medal at the World Championships and World University games for Australia.

Elle made her Olympic debut at the delayed Tokyo 2020 games. Australia would enjoy a strong opening group stage of the games, achieving a 3-1 record ending the groups tied first on points advancing in second place. This set up a quarter-final tie against the ROC, where despite Armit scoring her first goal of the tournament, Australia would narrowly be defeated 9-8. 

Elle and the squad would finish the games with consecutive victories against Canada and the Netherlands, earning them an overall 5th place at the games.