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| Nationality | Kazakhstani | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1996 Taraz, Kazakhstan [1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
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Altay Altayev (born 14 February 1996) is a Kazakhstani water polo player. [2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. The gymnasium was built in 1961-1964 as the first indoor pool for Olympic water polo; it also hosted all swimming and diving events and could accommodate over 13,000 people.
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece, began on August 15 and lasted until August 29, 2004.
Rhys Howden is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He was the joint top sprinter at the 2012 Olympics, with 19 sprints won. He was also the top sprinter at the 2016 Olympics, with 18 sprints won.
George Ford is a water polo player from Australia. He was part of the Australian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, as well as part of the team attending the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Arno Havenga is a Dutch male former water polo player and current coach. He was a member of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. He competed with the team at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the national team at the 2001 Men's European Water Polo Championship and 2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan began on 25 July and ended on 8 August 2021. It was held at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. It was the 27th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise had been held at every Olympics.
The women's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan was played from 24 July to 7 August 2021 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. It was the sixth appearance of the women's tournament, which had been held consecutively since 2000 and also was the first time on history that the tournament had 10 teams competing.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the men's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The twelve national teams were required to submit squads of 12 players. Additionally, teams could name one alternate player. If a player on the submitted squad list suffered an injury or illness, that player would be able to be replaced by the player in the alternate list. On 3 July 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that there was a change for the 2020 Summer Olympics, allowing all 13 water polo players named to be available on the roster, with 12 being named for each match. This change was implemented due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2 August 2021, all players competed in the men's tournament.
Madikhan Makhmetov is a Kazakhstani water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Miras Aubakirov is a Kazakhstani water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Srđan Vuksanović is a Serbian-Kazakhstani water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Stanislav Shvedov is a Kazakhstani water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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