Kelly Rulon

American water polo player

Kelly Kristen Rulon (born August 16, 1984 in Point Loma, California) is an American water polo player. She won a gold medal with the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the water polo competition. She is also a bronze medalist from the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her position is driver. Rulon is a two time medalist (one gold and silver) at the World Championships.

Rulon received MVP honors at the 1999 Junior Olympics and was five time Junior Olympics First Team All American. She played in the 2002 Junior Pan American Championships, where she was the tournament's leading scorer. In 2004, Rulon redshirted to play in the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She scored four goals in the Olympics including the game winning goal against Hungary in the opening game. The US women won the bronze medal by defeating Australia. After the 2005 collegiate season, Rulon played for the U. S. National Team that won a silver medal in the 2005 FINA World Championships in Canada. During 2009 FINA World Championship in Rome, which saw US women team winning the gold medal, Kelly Rulon scored last two goals of the final match against Canada. She was also awarded of the Gold Cap as tournament's best player. Kelly currently trains with the USA Water Polo National Team and in October 2011 helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the Pan American games. In 2012, Rulon played in the Summer Olympics in London, England. She assisted the US women's team win the gold medal, against Spain. The final score of the final match in London against Spain was 8 5.

In 2020, Rulon was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. She will be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 2023 class.

Kelly Rulon majored in history at UCLA. Rulon's younger sister, Katie, was also a member of the UCLA water polo team.