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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical fitness profiles of junior national medalist water-polo team players to better understand the key physical attributes influencing their performance. Water polo is a dynamic, high-intensity sport requiring strength, endurance, agility, and tactical awareness. The performance of players depends heavily on their physical attributes, which play crucial roles in their endurance, speed, power, and recovery. The playing 7 girls of Maharashtra Junior National medalist team were purposively selected as the subject for the study. Their age ranged from 14 to 18 years. The variables selected for the study were Physical fitness variables: back strength, leg strength, leg explosive strength, hand grip strength, flexibility. The data was collected using specified equipment and note down further. Result of the study describe about the min, max, mean, standard deviation, kurtosis, skewness and range of the variables collected. The numerical values analyzed from the statistics shows the nature of the data. The average value of height (162.87 + 5.111), weight (53.12 + 7.989), BMI (20.01 + 2.864), Left forearm strength (27.36 + 2.875), right forearm strength (28.43 + 4.715), flexibility (10.50 + 7.211), back strength (82.78 + 16.709), leg explosive strength (1.62 + 0.177), leg strength (69.56 + 8.575). In conclusion physical fitness profile of junior national water polo players plays a crucial role in their performance and success in the sport. The unique combination of strength, endurance, and tactical skills required for water polo necessitates a specific set of physical attributes and fitness levels. The paper can be used as a reference for low level players to get the idea of peak performance factors which plays crucial role in performance of the water polo game as it was the data from the medalist team of junior national.