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Edward R. Raven was a former water polo representative from New Zealand.
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's water polo team. [1]
A water polo tournament was held on the Seine on 11 and 12 August 1900 as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Eight teams from four countries, all European, entered the event, although only seven ended up playing. The Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, England, which has been listed with two rosters that are nearly entirely different, became the first Olympic water polo champions by defeating the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club of Belgium. Third place went to the two French-based semi-finalists, Libellule de Paris and Pupilles de Neptune de Lille, the latter of whom entered two teams, but merged them together after the first round.
The Commonwealth Water Polo Championships are held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games, although they are no longer included in the Commonwealth Games programme. They are in a round robin format.
The New Zealand men's national water polo team is the representative for New Zealand in international men's water polo.
John Barrie Skilbeck Hutchinson was a New Zealand rugby union and water polo player.
Charles L. Brown is a former water polo representative from New Zealand.
Charles Neil Williams was a New Zealand water polo player.
James Richard Walsh was a former water polo representative from New Zealand.
Jim Cameron was a former water polo representative from New Zealand.
Robert Gerald Hatchwell was a New Zealand water polo player.
Terence Walter Harris was a New Zealand water polo player who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Walter Francis Williams was a New Zealand water polo player.
Melissa Alison Rippon is an Australian former water polo player. She played for the Brisbane Barracudas who compete in the National Water Polo League. She represented Australia in water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics winning bronze medals at both of the latter two. She has earned a bronze medal at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.
Nicola Maree Zagame nicknamed Ziggy and Nicky, is an Australian water polo centre back/driver. She has represented her country as a member of Australia women's national water polo team on both the junior and senior levels, and was part of the silver winning team at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.
Michael Victor Alexander Lindberg was a Fiji-born New Zealand swimmer and water polo player. He was part of the Great Britain team that won the water polo event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. He had hoped to compete in swimming at Paris, but his entry arrived too late.
New Zealand competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.
The New Zealand women's national water polo team represents the New Zealand in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The 2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 17th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2017 and June 2018 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18–23 June 2018. The top two teams also automatically qualify for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2019.
The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2017 and June 2018 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 28 May to 2 June 2018.
New Zealand competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.