Pat Woepse, Husband of US Women’s Water Polo Star Maddie Musselman, Dies From Rare Cancer

Pat Woepse, Husband of US Women’s Water Polo Star Maddie Musselman, Dies From Rare Cancer
Madeline Musselman's husband Patrick Woepse reacts on the stands after USA won a women's quarterfinal match between USA and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on Aug. 6, 2024. Luca Bruno/AP Photo
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U.S. women’s water polo star Maddie Musselman Woepse is mourning the loss of her husband, Pat, who died Thursday night from a rare form of lung cancer. He was 31.

Pat Woepse was diagnosed with NUT carcinoma in September 2023. Woepse, a former water polo player himself, set a goal of going to the Paris Olympics to watch his wife play—and he made it.