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Manuel Estiarte of Spain is the only water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games (1980–2000).. The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Dezső Gyarmati is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win five Olympic medals in water polo (three gold, one silver and one bronze). [ 1 ] Filip Filipović , Duško Pijetlović and Andrija Prlainović , all representing Serbia, won four consecutive Olympic medals between 2008 and 2021.
Piet Salomons; Yevgeny Saltsyn; Mirko Sandić; Aleksa Šaponjić; Aleksandar Šapić; Dejan Savić; John Scherrenburg; Wim van de Schilde; Ton Schmidt; Jan Scholte
Men's water polo at the Olympics was the first team sport introduced at the 1900 games, along with cricket, rugby, football, polo (with horses), rowing and tug of war. [19] Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games after political protests from the Australian women's team. [20]
Only one water polo player won an Olympic gold medal and then guided a men's national water polo team to the Olympic title as a head coach. Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary won three Olympic gold medals in 1952–1956 and 1964. He coached the Hungary men's national team to a gold in 1976. [37] [38] Legend. Year * – As host team
It's the first major move for Jamie Davis since he took over as CEO of USA Water Polo on Oct. 1. The California-based governing body announced the contract extensions for Krikorian and Udovicic on ...
Top goalscorer: the water polo player who scored the most goals in a tournament. Top goalkeeper: the water polo player who saved the most shots in a tournament. Top sprinter: the water polo player who won the most sprints in a tournament. Most Valuable Player: the water polo player who was named the Most Valuable Player of a tournament.
The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organized by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. As of 2024, men's water polo teams from eight European countries won all 21 tournaments. [1] Croatia is current world champion. Legend