U.S. Water Polo Olympian Maggie Steffens Announces Pregnancy
U.S. water polo Olympian Maggie Steffens announced that she and her husband are expecting their first child.
Steffens, 32, and husband Bobby Conner made the announcement on social media.
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Steffens is one of the most decorated water polo players in history. The Stanford graduate is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, one of only two female athletes to have earned that honor. She was part of the U.S.’s gold-winning squads at the 2012, 2016 and 2021 Olympics, as well as the squad for the Paris Games that finished fourth. Steffens has not played for the U.S. since those Games.
She is the all-time leading scorer in Olympic women’s water polo competition, a record she set in Tokyo. She scored nine times at the Paris Olympics to take that record to 65. Steffens played through those Games with a heavy heart after Conner’s sister died unexpectedly just after the team’s arrival in Paris.
Steffens was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the 2012 Olympics, in which she led the tournament with 21 goals on 27 shots. She won the same award four years later, scoring a tournament-leading 17 times.
Steffens has been a part of five World Championship teams, including in 2024. She was not part of the U.S. squad at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.