Peter Varellas

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Peter Varellas
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BornOctober 2, 1984 (1984-10-02) (age 39)
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Men's water polo
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Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team

Peter Varellas (born October 2, 1984) is an American water polo player who grew up in Moraga, California, and attended Campolindo High School. As a high school water polo player, Peter also swam for the year-round club Orinda Aquatics. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [1] In the championship game, Team USA won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.

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Varellas played college water polo at Stanford University.

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  1. "USA Water Polo Men's National Team". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2008-08-22.