Justin Boyd

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Justin Boyd
Personal information
Nickname(s)Boydo, Birdo, The Wiz
Born (1989-04-23) 23 April 1989 (age 34)
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport water polo
Updated on 19 August 2015.

Justin Boyd (born 23 April 1989) is a water polo player of Canada, living in Beaconsfield.

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Career

Boyd started playing water polo when he was twelve years old. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was the youngest member of the Canadian water polo team. [1] Boyd has since been a part of three FINA World Championship teams (2009, 2011, 2013), with the best result coming in Rome in 2009 when the men finished eighth. He was also part of the silver medal-winning squad at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara. In 2014 he helped Canada match its best ever result of sixth place in the FINA Water Polo World League Super Final. Boyd began his career with the Dollard des Ormeaux water polo club in Montreal before moving to Calgary to join the senior national team. He has played professionally in Montenegro and Italy. He was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. [2]

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References

  1. "Justin Boyd". Canadian Olympic Team. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. "BCN 2015 Canadian Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 August 2015.