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| Born | 29 September 1936 São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||
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Luiz Daniel (born 29 September 1936) is a Brazilian water polo player. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. Daniel was also a member of Brazil's bronze medal winning team at the 1959 Pan American Games and the gold medal winning team at the 1963 Pan American Games. [1]
Brenda Villa is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
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.
Bradley Darrell Schumacher is an American former competition swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic gold medalist. Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian. He was a member of the winning relay teams at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he was a member of the U.S. men's water polo team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The Brazil men's national water polo team represents Brazil in international men's water polo competitions and friendly matches.
Ronald Layne Beaubien is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, after defeat by Hungary.
Dániel Rudolf Varga is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Esporte Clube Pinheiros, founded on 7 September 1899, by German immigrants, under the name Sport Club Germânia, is a multi-sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo. The full name of the club is Esporte Clube Pinheiros São Paulo (E.C.P.S.P.). The club's name is commonly abbreviated as E.C. Pinheiros, or E.C.P. It has around 35,000 members, and its terrain comprises 170,000 m2 in the well regarded quarter of Jardim Europa. The club's assets are valued to be in excess of R$ 350 million.
João Gonçalves Filho was a Brazilian sportsman. He competed in five Olympic Games in both swimming and water polo. Born in Rio Claro, São Paulo, he represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics.
Ratko Rudić is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. As of 2015, he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in history, and second most successful team sport coach of all time. He won four gold medals, of which three consecutive, with three different national teams at the Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals with three national teams at the World Championships, among many others. In 2007 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, described as "one of the best, if not the best, water polo coach to walk the deck of the pool".
The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.
Adhemar Grijó Filho was a Brazilian athlete who competed in three Olympics. He represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.
Samantha "Sami" Hill is an American water polo goalkeeper. She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, where she played in the goalkeeper position. She was also part of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Justin Boyd is a water polo player of Canada, living in Beaconsfield, Quebec.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Serbia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy 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.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Spain men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
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